Etna, Texas

Etna is a ghost town that was located near the site of present-day Bullard in northwestern Cherokee County, Texas, United States.

History

Etna was first settled by immigrants from the Old South around the time of the Civil War. A local post office was established in 1867 and by the early 1880s the town possessed a dry good store, a district school, a church, a gristmill, a blacksmith, and several general stores. The settlement began to decline by the mid-1880s after the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad bypassed Etna. Most of the residents and businesses move to Bullard and the post office closed in 1883. By 1900, Etna was a ghost town.^[1]

References

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Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Texas, United States

County seat: Rusk

Cities

• Gallatin
• Jacksonville
• New Summerfield
• Reklaw‡
• Rusk
• Troup‡

Towns

• Alto
• Bullard‡
• Cuney
• Wells

CDP

• Shadybrook

Other
communities

• Blackjack
• Central High
• Circle
• Concord
• Cove Springs
• Craft
• Dialville
• Elm Grove
• Forest
• Gould
• Henry's Chapel
• Ironton
• Linwood
• Maydelle
• Mixon
• Mount Selman
• New Hope
• Oakland
• Pine Grove
• Ponta
• Reese
• Salem
• Shady Grove
• Sweet Union
• Weeping Mary

Ghost towns

• Atoy
• Brunswick
• Bulah
• Chronister
• Earle's Chapel
• Emmaus
• Etna
• Griffin
• Java
• Larissa
• Lone Star
• Mewshaw
• New Birmingham
• Prices
• Redlawn
• Rock Hill
• Wildhurst

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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32°08′09″N 95°20′12″W / 32.1359°N 95.3368°W / 32.1359; -95.3368

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