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 Site of Town Lot Auction, May 1, 1895, for Town of Kirbyville
N 30° 39.631 W 093° 53.435
15R E 414677 N 3392317
Marker gives brief history of the Town of Kirbyville in Jasper County.
Waymark Code: WM117NM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2019
Views: 4
Located 3 blocks off U.S.Highway 96 on East Main Street just before crossing rail tracks.
Marker Number: 10456
Marker Text:
Named for John Henry Kirby, attorney, railroad builder, and timber, lumber, and oil king. With R. P. Allen, Kirby founded the town when their railroad-- Gulf, Beaumont, & Kansas City-- reached this point. Since 1904 city has also been terminus of the Jasper & Eastern Railroad. A major business, Kirby Lumber Co. Sawmill (acquired in 1903), burned in 1917. City has been an area of timber conservation work since 1926; State Forest No. 1 is located 3 miles east. Today city is a trade center for Jasper and Newton counties and has electric power concerns.
(1968)
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