Crockett

Crockett is a city in Houston County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,950. It is the fifth oldest city and the county seat of Houston County, the oldest county in Texas. The city become named after David Crockett, who reportedly had camped nearby on his way to the Alamo; the web site become very near the Old San Antonio Road. A own family from Tennessee donated the land for the metropolis and named it after Crockett, whom they had previously recognised.

The town turned into included in 1837, and a post office changed into granted the following year. Crockett was related to Nacogdoches with the aid of stage carrier. In 1839 raids via the Alabama-Coushatta and Cherokee Indians pressured the city's citizens to take refuge inside the fortified log courthouse. Crockett become a schooling middle for Confederate conscripts for the duration of the Civil War. The railroad came via in 1872, allowing Crockett to take advantage of the county's wood assets.

By 1885 the metropolis became thriving with a population of 1,200, and the following year a school became opened for black women. It evolved into Mary Allen Junior College, which operated into the Seventies. In 1904 lignite mining started, peaking about 1910. The stands of wooden have been critically depleted through the Twenties. The population changed into over 3,000 within the mid-1920s, and through 1936 it turned into almost 4,500. The population of Crockett expanded even as most of East Texas declined after World War II. It had reached 5,000 by the 1960 census.