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WAMBA,
TEXAS
Bowie County,
East Texas
Texas' Northeasternmost Town
FM 559, 3 miles N of Interstate 40
8 miles NW of Texarkana
Population: 70 (2000)
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Water tower under construction
Photo courtesy Clyde Burns |
History
in a Pecan Shell
No one is sure of the source of Wamba's name. The area was settled
in the 1850s and a post office was briefly open from 1897 to 1916.
There were 50 Wambians living there in 1910 - not too far from the
current figure. The figure given for 1940 was forty and in 1982 the
figure was recorded at 70 - a number the town evidently fells comfortable
with, since it hasn't changed since.
Wamba was the site for one of Clyde
Burns' water towers. |
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Top
view of the water tower in Wamba
Photo courtesy Clyde Burns |
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