Mineola, Texas Mineola, Texas Downtown Mineola Location of Mineola, Texas Location of Mineola, Texas Mineola is a town/city in Wood County, Texas, United States.
It is believed by some that a barns official combined the names of two prominent locals' daughters Minnie and Olla to problematic the town/city name Mineola.
While these two girls did exist, the more likely story is that the town/city was titled after the barns official's hometown of Mineola, New York because of the area's beauty. Mineola came into existence when the barns s assembled lines through the Eastern part of the state.
In 1873 the Texas and Pacific and the International-Great Northern raced to see which could get to Mineola first.
The town's earliest paper, the Mineola Monitor, was established in 1876.
By 1890 the town had seven churches, a several schools including a black no-charge school, hotels, banks, and a populace of 2,000.
In 1895 Mineola became the site of the Wood County Fair.
Since Mineola was in the heart of the East Texas timber belt, timber was plentiful for barns tiemaking and lumber.
Highway improvement, the Magnolia Pipeline Company gas line, and the establishment of a barns terminal caused expansion during the 1920s, and the discernment of petroleum in parts of Wood County and assembly of a T&P barns shop spurred the economy amid the 1940s.
The populace of Mineola in 1980 was 4,346.
The Wood County Airport, five miles (8 km) north of Mineola, was instead of in 1984.
The populace of Mineola in 1990 was 4,321.
Mineola is positioned at 32 39 10.4 N 95 28 49.1 W (32.652881, -95.480296).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.339 square miles (26.78 km2), of which, 10.161 square miles (26.32 km2) of it is territory and 0.178 square miles (0.46 km2) is water. Mineola appreciates weather typical of East Texas, which is unpredictable, especially in the spring time.
# of Rainy days 6 5 5 6 6 3 3 2 3 4 5 5 58 In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $37,528.
First Baptist Mineola is one of the biggest churches in the Wood county region with an enrollment record of about 850.
Sand Springs Baptist Church is positioned just west of Mineola.
The City of Mineola is served by the Mineola Independent School District.
Mineola High School Jim Hogg, Texas governor lived in Mineola and his daughter Ima Hogg was born in a home in this city.
Bryan Hughes, a lawyer in Mineola, has been since 2003 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives; in 2017, he becomes a member of the Texas State Senate.
William Jesse Mc - Donald, one of the four best known captains of the Texas Rangers, was a storekeeper and then Wood County deputy sheriff in Mineola in the late 19th century.
"Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Enumeration of Population and Housing" (PDF).
Mineola, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Municipalities and communities of Wood County, Texas, United States Hawkins Mineola Quitman Winnsboro Alba-Golden ISD Big Sandy ISD Como-Pickton ISD Harmony ISD Hawkins ISD Mineola ISD Pittsburg ISD Quitman ISD Union Hill ISD Winnsboro ISD Yantis ISD Lott House Mineola Downtown Historic District Joseph and Martha Moody Farmstead Ned Moody Site Osborn Site Florence Robinson Cottage Sadler Site This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Mineola, Texas - Cities in Texas - Cities in Wood County, Texas - Populated places established in 1877
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