Wilkinson, Texas
Wilkinson is an unincorporated community in Titus County, Texas, United States.
History
Wilkinson is situated on the junction of Farm to Market Roads 71 and 1402. It was settled in the 1870s, and was previously named New Bethlehem and Pad's Chapel, for settler Pad Harris. A post office operated from 1888 to 1914, and was named Wilkinson, after a local family. A newspaper Free Press was established in Wilkinson and was edited by district clerk J. Ab Ward. In 1896, the town's population was an estimated 600, but is inaccurate.
Between World War I and World War II, the town was nicknamed Sugar Hill. It originated from either settler Sug Harris, the town's abundance of sugar, or the women in the town being "sweet as sugar". Oil was discovered in Wilkinson in the 1930s. As of 2000, the town had a population of 150.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wilkinson, Texas
- ^ Association, Texas State Historical. "Wilkinson, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ History of Titus County, Texas, 1846 to 1960. Franklin County Genealogical Society (Texas). 1961.
- ^ Hamric, Roy (1978). "Review of Between the Creeks: Recollections of Northeast Texas; The Rodeo of John Addison Stryker". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 82 (2): 227–229. ISSN 0038-478X. JSTOR 30238581.
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