Cotton Gin

Settled prior to 1848, when Dr. J. S. Wills established a mule-drawn gin here. Post office was founded in 1851, the year county was organized. Dr. Wills gave a block of land for courthouse, but voters declined to make Cotton Gin the county seat. Town had 3 churches, a good school, a newspaper, a Masonic Lodge, stores and saloons. In the 1870's when Houston & Texas Central Railroad built a few miles to the west, business interests left here. Cotton Gin illustrates fate of hundreds of early Texas towns by-passed by railroads, highways and industry. (1967)

Cotton Gin is a historical marker in Teague, Freestone County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 57 historical markers documented in Freestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 139 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.6816, -96.3596 near Teague. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cotton Gin Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Cotton Gin Cemetery #1, Oak Island Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, and Oak Island Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5161009870. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.