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DAINGERFIELD,
TEXAS
Morris County Seat,
East Texas
Highways 11, 49, 259
20 miles SE of Mt. Pleasant
41 miles N of Longview
Population: 2517(2000) 2,572 (1990)
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Morris
Theater
Photo courtesy Billy Smith, July 1997 |
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The community was named in honor of Capt. London Daingerfield who
was killed in an 1830 battle with Indians on the site that became
the town in the1840s.
A timeline of selected or significant dates in Daingerfield history:
1846: Post Office granted
1877: Titus County divided forming Morris County and Daingerfield
became county seat.
The Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas came within a half-mile of the town.
1879: A disastrous fire destroys most of town, prompting relocation
of town to the railroad
1904: Population reaches 699
1931: Population reaches 818
Lone Star Steel and the United States Navy Ordnance Aerophysics Lab
open shortly after WWII. |
Daingerfield
Outdoor Attractions
Daingerfield
State Park
2 miles east off Hwy 11
Lake O' the
Pines - On Big Cypress Creek
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/lop/lake_id.htm
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