Colmesneil, Texas
| Colmesneil, Texas | |
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 Location of Colmesneil, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 30°54′30″N 94°25′25″W / 30.90833°N 94.42361°WCoordinates: 30°54′30″N 94°25′25″W / 30.90833°N 94.42361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Tyler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2) |
| • Land | 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 272 ft (83 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 596 |
| • Density | 298.0/sq mi (114.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 75938 |
| Area code(s) | 409 |
| FIPS code | 48-16048 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1354805 |
Colmesneil (/ˈkoʊlmᵻsniːl/ KOHL-mis-neel) is a city in Tyler County, Texas, United States. It is located 9 miles north of Woodville on U.S. Highway 69. The population was 596 at the 2010 census.
Colmesneil is located at 30°54′30″N 94°25′25″W / 30.90833°N 94.42361°W (30.908331, -94.423522).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km²), all of it land.
The town’s name came from one of the first conductors, W. T. Colmesneil, on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad which ran through the county. The Trinity and Sabine Railroad would extend a 66-mile line from Colmesneil to Trinity, establishing the town as the shipping focal point for the county from 1881. Timber and cattle were the foremost commodities to sell due to the steep slope of the terrain. From the 1880s, the Yellow Pine Lumber Company would operate a mill there, and for a while, Colmesneil’s population would be greater than Beaumont.
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