Looneyville, Tx.
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Looneyville, Texas. Looneyville, a farming community near the junction of Farm roads 225 and 343 sixteen miles northwest of Nacogdoches, Tx. in northwestern Nacodgoches Co. was first settled around the time of the Civil War. The community was named for John Looney, who opened a store there in the early 1870's. A post office was established in the Looney store in 1874. The post office was closed in 1878 but reopened in 1889 and operated until 1905. Early on the Looneyville economy was based om lumbering, and a number of sawmills operated there at the end of the1800's. At its height in the 1890's Looneyville had a population of 100 and a gin, a store, several sawmills, and a commissary operated by one of the lumber compaines. A school was in operation in 1900; in 1904 it had an enrollment of thirty-two. The population declined after World War 1, but during the 1930's Looneyville still had a church, a school, two stores, and as estimated population of 40. The school later closed; during the early 1960's the community consisted of a church and a store. In the the early 1990's Looneyville was a dispersed rural community.
Looneyville Cemetery
Fanny Belle Looney Hudson June 26, 1871----May 16, 1898
John Robert Looney Dec. 5, 1824----June 3, 1881
John L. Looney Oct. 1875----July 1889
Joseph F. Looney Sept. 25, 1858----Sepy. 23, 1887
Susan Catherine Looney Jan. 22, 1839----Dec. 3, 1887
Maryetta Looney March 1869----Oct. 1873
M.L. Looney ?
Tis cemetery is out in the woods and I cleaned what I could about 2 years ago. If you didn't know where to look, you would never find it. Ardith Luna
John Robert was borned in South Carolina and his wife was Susan Catherine Baxter. They married March 12, 1856 in Nacogdoches, Co. Tx.
Looneyville, Texas. Looneyville, a farming community near the junction of Farm roads 225 and 343 sixteen miles northwest of Nacogdoches, Tx. in northwestern Nacodgoches Co. was first settled around the time of the Civil War. The community was named for John Looney, who opened a store there in the early 1870's. A post office was established in the Looney store in 1874. The post office was closed in 1878 but reopened in 1889 and operated until 1905. Early on the Looneyville economy was based om lumbering, and a number of sawmills operated there at the end of the1800's. At its height in the 1890's Looneyville had a population of 100 and a gin, a store, several sawmills, and a commissary operated by one of the lumber compaines. A school was in operation in 1900; in 1904 it had an enrollment of thirty-two. The population declined after World War 1, but during the 1930's Looneyville still had a church, a school, two stores, and as estimated population of 40. The school later closed; during the early 1960's the community consisted of a church and a store. In the the early 1990's Looneyville was a dispersed rural community.
Looneyville Cemetery
Fanny Belle Looney Hudson June 26, 1871----May 16, 1898
John Robert Looney Dec. 5, 1824----June 3, 1881
John L. Looney Oct. 1875----July 1889
Joseph F. Looney Sept. 25, 1858----Sepy. 23, 1887
Susan Catherine Looney Jan. 22, 1839----Dec. 3, 1887
Maryetta Looney March 1869----Oct. 1873
M.L. Looney ?
Tis cemetery is out in the woods and I cleaned what I could about 2 years ago. If you didn't know where to look, you would never find it. Ardith Luna
John Robert was borned in South Carolina and his wife was Susan Catherine Baxter. They married March 12, 1856 in Nacogdoches, Co. Tx.
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