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History
in a Pecan Shell
Early settlers named the community after a nearby creek.
The town was thought to be the geographic center of the county and
for that reason (and to comply with the legislature's mandate) it
was made the Newton
County seat.
The first meetings of the county officials took place at the home
of Josephus S. Irvine, a San
Jacinto veteran. When it became known that Quicksand was a little
off center - a vote was taken and Burkeville
was made the seat in 1848. This was contested, so an election was
held in 1849. Burkeville was
retained by an 86-82 vote.
In 1853 a new town called Newton
- four miles southwest of Quicksand was established as county seat.
It is reported that Quicksand had a post office for only one month
(in 1871), which might be a state record. |
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