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TEASELVILLE, TEXAS
AKA Loftin, Texas

Smith County, East Texas

32° 8' 53" N, 95° 24' 17" W (32.148056, -95.404722)
FM 344 and FM 346
4 Miles W of Bullard
S of Tyler the county seat
Population: 150 (2000)

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Teaselville  Texas coffee house
A drive thru coffee house on the 4-way intersection in 2009
Photo courtesy Maryon Wright
History in a Pecan Shell

Colonel John Dewberry opened his plantation home to voters in 1846 and six years later the town was founded. In 1854 Dewberry built a larger estate on a state land grant. The fledgling community that formed had the benefit of being on the Tyler-Palestine Road.

Teaselville was bypassed by the railroad in the 1870s. Another prominant family gave the town it's second name of Loftin when a post office opened in 1900 although it closed in the early 1930s. The community had two churches and a factory of some sort in the 1930s, but the school merged with Bullard in the late 1940s and the local Baptist Church started using the vacant school. The name of Teaselville came back into usage for the few remaining citizens which numbered 150 for the 2000 census.

Myrtle-Vale, Colonel John Dewberry's Home

By Bob Bowman
"The $194,000 restoration was completed in 2001 and Colonel Dewberry’s proud old home is now open for tours, receptions and other events. The restoration also earned the Bergfelds the prestigious Terry Preservation Award given annually by the East Texas Historical Association. Today, Myrtle-Vale is one of the most magnificent pre-Civil War homes still standing in East Texas." See full article

15 miles southwest of Tyler.

Teaselville Texas store & intersection
The building in 2007 before it was a coffee house
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007
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Teaselville / Bullard TX Barn
A barn in Teaselville
Photo courtesy Lori Martin, May 2011

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Teaselville, Texas Nearby Towns:
Tyler the county seat
Bullard
Longview | Marshall | Dallas

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