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| On June 30, 1841, the Fifth Congress of
the Republic of Texas created the Panola District for judicial purposes. The First Legislature of State of Texas
created the county of Panola on March 30, 1846, and the county had its organization election July 13, 1846. |
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Panola comes from an Indian word meaning cotton. Judge John Allison was a Mississippi
cotton-grower from a county called Panola in Mississippi. In 1846 when he became a leader in the creation of this
new county in Texas, which also had soil conducive to growing cotton, he asked that the county be called Panola.
Cotton immediately became Panola County's main cash crop.
In an election held in August 1848
the voters of the county chose Carthage. New county officers were also elected, and Chief Justice Thomas G. Davenport
met with his first court session at Carthage on September 12. At that time, Carthage was little more than a location
in a virgin forest of short-leaf pine, oak, hickory, and dogwood.
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Logging intensified in the area after 1885, when a narrow-gauge log railroad out
of Longview built into the county. In 1888 it was upgraded to standard gauge, and its tracks were extended into
Carthage. The line eventually became part of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. Tying the area to national
markets, the railroad also encouraged the development of the area's mineral wealth.
History of Panola County
Carthage, the county seat and its
history
Communities in Panola County
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Cities and towns
| Beckville |
Gary City |
| Carthage |
Mineral Springs |
| Clayton (unincorporated) |
Murvaul (unincorporated) |
| DeBerry (unincorporated) |
Tatum (mostly in Rusk County) |
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