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EAST MOUNTAIN,
TEXAS Upshur County,
East Texas
FM 1845
11 miles SE of Gilmer
6 miles NE of Gladewater
3 miles from Longview
Population: 762 (1990) 580 (2000)
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Settled in the
1870s and named after a geographic feature, East Mountain was known
as Savannah when a post office opened under that name in
1902. It closed within three years and the name East Mountain became
official.
The town experienced an oil boom in the 1930s, and the town's school
and churches all had producing wells on their property.
The population in 1940 was an estimated 75 persons. The town is
now a bedroom community of Longview,
just across the line in Gregg County.
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