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History in
a Pecan Shell
This community, one of three named Lebanon (see Lebanon,
Collin County, Lebanon,
Live Oak County), was named not for the Tennessee town of the
same name, nor the country of Lebanon, but a Methodist Church that
was organized here in the early 1870s.
In the early 1900s a school was functioning here with an estimated
84 students in attendance. The school was consolidated after WWII
when students were transferred to Aquilla.
The Latham Springs Baptist Encampment started in 1923, offering
religious retreats and spring through fall camping. Accommodations
could handle as many as 600 attendees.
Population figures are unavailable and it is not certain if the community
developed anything resembling a business district. |
Old Lebanon
Cemetery
Approximately 8
miles west of Aquilla on CR 1304 to
cemetery sign, left across field about 1/2 mile off CR 1304 |
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