Lueders, Texas, Jones County. (original) (raw)

Lueders TX - Welcome Sign

History in a Pecan Shell

Frederick Lueders fought in the Texas revolution and was awarded land here as a bonus.

Early settlement began in 1877 with settler W. J. Herrington, but the Webb and Hill Land and Cattle Company started serious development in 1899.

The Texas Central Railroad arrived in 1900 and a post office was granted two years later.

Stone quarries provided building material and the town established cotton gins early on.

The population was a very respectable 700 by 1915 and it slowly declined to just over 400 in the 1980s. Lueders economy is based on livestock, horses, cotton and wheat.

Downtown main street, Lueders, Texas

Downtown Lueders
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007

Photographer's Note:
"Lueders Texas Downtown qualifies as a ghost town as I don't remember an operating business." - Mike Price, October, 2007

Downtown street scene, Lueders, Texas

Another downtown street scene in Lueders
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007

Lueders TX - Church Of Christ

Lueders TX - Oil Field Supply

Lueders TX - Closed gas station

Lueders, Texas former store

Lueders TX - Closed store

Lueders, Texas brick building

Lueders Texas water tower

Lueders TX - City Limit sign

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