Chalk Hill is an

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in Rusk County, located in the

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. According to the

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, the community had a population of 200 in 2000. It is located within the

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History

The area in what is known as Chalk Hill today was first settled around 1875. It had a store and only 25 residents in the 1940s. The

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established a radar site in Chalk Hill to forecast weather in the area in 1978. Its population was 200 in 2000.

Geography

Chalk Hill is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1716, 2164, and 2166, northeast of

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, south of Longview, and northwest of

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in northeastern Rusk County.

Education

Today, the community is served by the

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Media

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Notes

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