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History in
a Pecan Shell
The community was
named after former Mississipian and popular farmer & Methodist minister
Alfred E. Farr. Settlement is said to have started in the 1840s or
early 1850s. Originally called Farr's Mill, the town seems
to have one of each - a grist mill, sawmill and water mill. For good
measure there was a cotton gin. The town was on a stageline from Beaumont
to Alexandria, Louisiana and during the Civil War the road was a Confederate
military trail.
The post office was granted in 1875 and the town had a population
estimated at 150 by 1875. When nearby Wiergate
opened their much larger sawmills in the early 20th century, the sawmill
at Farrsville was shut down (1918) followed by the gristmill during
the Great Depression. Farrsville's population hovered at 75 throughout
the first six decades when, in the mid 1960s it doubled to 150.
The TxDoT map of Newton
County shows three cemeteries within two miles of Farrsville.
Hines, Pleasant Hill and one with no name shown. |
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