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Forestburg
Texas street scene
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
History in a Pecan
Shell
It was settled in the early 1850s by ranchers but remained undeveloped,
due to frequent Indian raids, until the 1870s. The county's first school was established
near the settlement in 1858. It was originally known as Horn Hill, but
the name was changed soon after its founding to Forest Hill because of its location
in a grove of live oak trees. When its post office application was rejected because
there was already a Forest Hill in Texas, the community
was renamed Forestburg.
A post office began operations locally in 1876.
By 1885 Forestburg had a population of 200 and a number of businesses, including
sawmills and cotton gins. By 1900 its population had reached 372, and a telephone
system had been established there. The community's population declined from 212
in the mid-1920s to 100 by the mid-1950s, when eight businesses were operating
there. From the mid-1970s through the early 1990s Forestburg reported a population
of 200. In the early 1990s it also had eight businesses and the post office. |
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