Pitner_Junction,_Texas

Pitner Junction, Texas

Pitner Junction, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

Pitner Junction is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

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History

Pitner Junction was named for its location and for a local family with that last name. It may have been settled before 1900. County highway maps in the 1930s showed a business and several scattered houses. It also had a general store for some time. Its population was reported as 20 in 2000.[2]

Geography

Pitner Junction is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 259 and Farm to Market Road 918, 10 mi (16 km) northwest of Henderson in northwestern Rusk County.[2]

Education

Today, the community is served by the Kilgore Independent School District.

Notes

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pitner Junction, Texas
  2. [2]
    Jasinski, Laurie E. (November 18, 2004). "Pitner Junction, TX". tshaonline.org.


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