Dirgin, Texas

Last updated

Dirgin, Texas
Unincorporated community
USA Texas location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Dirgin
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Dirgin
Coordinates: 32°15′26″N94°35′20″W / 32.25722°N 94.58889°W / 32.25722; -94.58889
Country United States
State Texas
County Rusk
Elevation
[1]
374 ft (114 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 430, 903
GNIS feature ID1379667 [1]

Dirgin is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas,[ citation needed ] the community had a population of 12 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

Contents

History

A post office was established at Dirgin in 1898 and remained in operation until 1918. It had two general stores, a sawmill, and 100 residents in 1914. It lost three-quarters of its population in 1933 and had only one business. By 1940, it still had only one business, a church, and several scattered houses. The population went up to 50 during that decade, but then dropped to 12 in the 1960s through 2000. [2]

Geography

Dirgin is located on Farm to Market Road 2658, 14 mi (23 km) northeast of Henderson in northeastern Rusk County. [2]

Education

In 1907, Dirgin had two schools. One had 33 White students and one teacher, and the other had 92 Black students and one teacher. [2] Today, the community is served by the Tatum Independent School District.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dirgin, Texas
  2. 1 2 3 Odintz, Mark. "Dirgin, TX". tshaonline.org. Retrieved January 9, 2023.


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rusk County, Texas</span> County in Texas, United States

Rusk County is a county located in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 52,214. Its county seat is Henderson. The county is named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cuney, Texas</span> Town in Texas, United States

Cuney is a town located in northwestern Cherokee County, Texas, United States. With a population of 116 at the 2020 U.S. census, Cuney was the only "wet" town in Cherokee County from the mid-1980s until 2009, when voters in Rusk came out in favor of beer/wine sales. After that result, voters in Jacksonville and Frankston have since voted in favor of beer/wine sales, and Rusk voters returned to the polls to vote in favor of liquor sales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gallatin, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Gallatin is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States, with a 2020 U.S. census-tabulated population of 321.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wells, Texas</span> Town in Texas, United States

Wells is a town in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 790 at the 2010 census, and 853 at the 2020 U.S. census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henderson, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Henderson is a city and the county seat of Rusk County, Texas, in Northeast Texas, United States. Its population was 13,271 at the 2020 census. Henderson is named for James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Second Ward, Houston</span>

Second Ward is a historical political district ward in the East End community in Houston, Texas. It was one of the four original wards of the city in the nineteenth century. The community known as the Second Ward today is roughly bounded by Buffalo Bayou to the north, Lockwood Avenue to the east, and railroad tracks to the south and west, although the City of Houston's "Super Neighborhood" program includes a section east of Lockwood.

Leverett's Chapel is an unincorporated community in northwestern Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 450 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

Laird Hill is an unincorporated community in northwestern Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 405 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laneville, Texas</span> Unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas, United States

Laneville is an unincorporated community in south central Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 200 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

Price is an unincorporated community in west central Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 275 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joinerville, Texas</span> Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

Joinerville is an unincorporated community in East Texas. It is located in western Rusk County, Texas, United States approximately seven miles west of the city of Henderson.

Selman City is an unincorporated community in western Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 271 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

Campbellton is an unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 350 in 2000. Campbellton is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cove Springs is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Cherokee County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 40 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

Dialville is a small unincorporated community in north-central Cherokee County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 200 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

Craft is a small unincorporated community in central Cherokee County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 21 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

Stewart is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 15 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

Oakland is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 50 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

Concord is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 23 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.

Henry's Chapel is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 75 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.