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Tennessee Colony, Texas. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Anderson. Associated ZIP codes: 75861, 75880, 75884, 75886.
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T. Cullen Davis, a Texas oil tycoon who was acquitted at trial after being accused in a fatal 1976 shooting that killed his 12-year-old stepdaughter and his...
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Tennessee Colony is in Anderson County, Texas.
Region: Central Texas
75861, 75880, 75884, 75886
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Defensive stops were tough to come by for both teams, but the Mountaineers were scoreless over their final four possessions, while Texas Tech made the necess...
The Trump administration filed an emergency relief request with the high court earlier in October asking for the construction to continue while a lawsuit ove...
T. Cullen Davis, a Texas oil tycoon who was acquitted at trial after being accused in a fatal 1976 shooting that killed his 12-year-old stepdaughter and his...
Tennessee Colony was founded in 1847 by settlers from Tennessee and Alabama, who named it for one of their home states; among the first families were the Sheltons, Avants, Hanks and Seaglers. Its fertile soil and moist climate suited cotton, and several plantations were established, including the Jackson Plantation, at one time one of the largest in East Texas. A post office opened in 1852. Racial tensions ran high before and after the Civil War, and in 1860 two white men from Mississippi, Cable and Wyrick, were accused of plotting a slave uprising and hanged soon after.
The first railroad was built at nearby Palestine. In 1884 Tennessee Colony had 200 people, three churches, a steam gristmill and a cotton gin, but as businesses moved to Palestine its population fell to about 100 by 1914, rose to 300 in 1927 and declined again in the 1930s, to 150 by 1941. In 1965 the Texas Department of Corrections bought 21,000 acres just southwest of the community and built the Coffield Unit, which held about 2,000 prisoners, and the Beto Unit followed in 1984. Sources Wikipedia: Tennessee Colony, Texas
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