Iron Bridge, Texas, Gregg County ghost town on the Sabine River. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

First known as Cotton Plant, Texas, the town had a post office under that name in operation from 1850 through the end of the Civil War. A new post office opened in 1876 under the name Iron Bridge. The population in the mid-1880s was 150. The post office closed in 1891. In 1905 Iron Bridge reported two schools with a total enrollment of 129.

Iron Bridge melted away into oblivion - it was dropped from maps as early as the 1930s.

1907 Gregg County postal map
showing the Sabine River
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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