- Lemonville, Texas
Lemonville is a
ghost town that was the site of the Lemon Lumber Company in northern Orange County,Texas ,United States , in the southeastern part of the state. Sometimes referred to as "Lemon", it is located north of Orange and just east of Mauriceville. The town plat was filed in 1901 by a man named William Manuel, with the location chosen for its proximity to the tracks of theKansas City Southern Railroad . [ [http://www.treetexas.com/sawmilldb/display.asp?alpha=OR&num=25 TFM - sawmill database detail ] ] In 1902, when the population was about 300, a post office was established, with Cornelius P. Ryan as first postmaster. [Schmidt, Walter G. (1993) "An Encyclopaedia of Texas Post Offices", p. 133, Chicago, Illinois: The Collectors' Club of Chicago.]
As of 1900 the mill had a capacity of 30,000 feet per day. Thelumber baron Alexander Gilmer purchased the mill in 1904, and by the following year production was increased to 100,000 feet per day with the addition of new equipment. [ [http://www.rootsweb.com/~txorange/history/lemonville.html TXGenWeb - Orange County History - Lemonville, TX ] ] After Gilmer’s death in 1906, the sawmills at Lemonville were owned and operated by others, including the Miller-Link and Peavy-Moore lumber companies.
As the nearby lumber eventually became depleted, and as lumber prices fell, the operators eventually abandoned the site. The Lemonville post office was officially closed in 1928. [ [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/htl10.html TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association ] ]See also
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Ghost town , andList of ghost towns References
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