Tool, Texas, Henderson County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

The earliest noted settler was William Avant, who arrived around 1835. The town may have once been named Hog Fork but was renamed to honor George Tool, storekeeper. A post Tool post office operated for ten years - starting in 1901. At the end of WWII, the one hundred people who lived in Tool took advantage of the improved roads and left - leaving behind only forty people by 1950.

In 1965, with the completion of the Cedar Creek Reservoir, the population increased to 300 and then to 1,700 by 1990.

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