Greggton was an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Gregg County, located in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
. The community was originally founded in 1873 under the name "Willow Springs" as a stop on the
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California. However its lines never went we ...
. Greggton's main thoroughfare would be designated as part of
U.S. Highway 80 upon its establishment in 1926.
The
East Texas Oil Boom of the early 1930s saw the town grow. A post office was established in November 1932 and the name changed to "Greggton" around the same time. In 1920, the town had a population of 180. By 1936, the population had grown to 1,500 with 125 businesses and by 1949, the population had grown to 2,350.
By the 1950s, the town had its own movie theater called "The Ritz"
The town was annexed to
Longview in December 1959, with postal services transferred on May 31, 1960.
Today, the
Pine Tree Independent School District serves the parts of Longview that were once Greggton.
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Gregg County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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