Iris, Texas. (original) (raw)

History in a Pinecone

Settled around the time of the Civil War, the town had a school sometime around 1887, and a post office around 1900 which closed in 1912.

The Diboll Lumber Company operated two lumber camps nearby. The town suffered the fate of many logging communities in East Texas.

1907 postal map showing Iris in NE Trinity County
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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