Historical Marker

Sabine Town

Sabinetown · Sabine County · Dedicated 1936 · THC Atlas #5403007579

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About this site

Sabine Town is a historical marker in Sabinetown, Sabine County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 43 historical markers documented in Sabine County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 152 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4031, -93.7092 near Sabinetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sabinetown-Beddoe Springs (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Sabine Town Cemetery, Harper Chapel Cemetery, and Harper Chapel Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5403007579. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Sabinetown (early records spell it "Sabine Town") stood about eight miles east of Hemphill where a creek met the Sabine River, on land granted to Shadrick Morris by Mexico in 1835 and surveyed in 1839. Growing from an earlier river ferry, it became a busy steamboat port before the Civil War, exporting cotton and lumber and supporting a customhouse, hotel, tannery, and other businesses, with a population said to have exceeded 2,000. Its importance faded after the war, and most of the old townsite was inundated by Toledo Bend Reservoir in the late 1960s.

Sources: tshaonline.org toledo-bend.com

📍 31.4031, -93.7092 · Sabinetown, Sabine County

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Nearby in Sabine County

Cemetery

Sabinetown-Beddoe Springs

Harper Chapel Cemetery

Lowe's Methodist Chapel