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ASIA, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Polk County, East Texas

30° 59' 54" N, 94° 52' 10" W 30.998333, -94.869444

Just N of Highway 287
2 Miles W of Corrigan
27 Miles N of Livingston the county seat
33 Miles NW of Woodville
16 Miles E of Groveton
100 Miles N of Houston
Population: 0

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History in a Pecan Shell

The town was founded by James Stanley, a blacksmith and Mexican War veteran who settled here before the Civil War. Stanley, who was also a woodworker oversaw production of wagons and cassions for the Confederate Army. The Trinity and Sabine Railroad arrived in the mid 1880s and a sawmill was built to cut railroad ties.

The decline of the lumber industry in East Texas affected Asia's economy and the community became just another of the hundreds of lumber towns that disappeared as the region’s pine forests were reduced to stumps.

Polk  County TX 1907 postal map
Polk County 1907 postal map showing Corrigan
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office



Polk County Towns

County Seat - Livingston
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  • Acol ghost town
  • Asia ghost town
  • Camden ghost town
  • Colita
  • Corrigan
  • Darby ghost town
  • Geneva submerged
  • Goodrich
  • Halifax ghost town
  • Hortense ghost town
  • Kiam ghost town
  • Leggett
  • Livingston County Seat
  • Moscow
  • Ollie ghost town
  • Onalaska
  • Pluck ghost town
  • Setag ghost town
  • Soda ghost town
  • Swartwout submerged

  • Contiguous Counties:
    Angelina County (N) Tyler County (E)
    Hardin County (SE) Liberty County (S)
    San Jacinto County (SW) Trinity County (NW)

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