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History in a Pecan
Shell
The community began life in the 1880s when it was then known
as Know, Texas. After the community received a post office in 1894, it
was changed to Latch, after major landowner and sawmill operator L. A. Latch.
In
the 1890s the town built churches and a school. The first store was opened about
this time and the post office closed its doors in 1906.
As the trees disappeared
into lumber and sawdust, Latch (the man) switched professions, closing the sawmill
and opening a cotton gin.
Latch’s population was estimated at fifty during
the Great Depression – the same figure used for the 2000 census. Latch, with no
discernable town center is now described as “ a dispersed community.” |
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