Lane is on Farm Road 1562 five miles west of Celeste in the northwestern corner of Hunt County. The construction of a gristmill by B. F. Pierce in 1860 attracted settlers, among whom was R. W. Lane, a pioneer rancher. By the 1870s, after it gained a cotton gin, the settlement became a ginning center for area farmers. In 1879 a post office opened at the community. With the addition of a church and a school, Lane became a community center for the cotton farmers of northwestern Hunt County. By 1895 its population was estimated at a peak of eighty. Lane was bypassed by the railroads in the late 1880s and 1890s and lost its post office in 1904. From the 1930s through the 1960s Lane reported a population of twenty-five. The 1984 county highway map showed only a cemetery at Lane.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
David Minor,
“Lane, TX,”
Handbook of Texas Online,
accessed May 16, 2022,
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lane-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Original Publication Date:
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1952
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Most Recent Revision Date:
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March 1, 1995
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Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
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Place
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Lane
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Currently Exists
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No
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Place Type
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Town
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USGS ID
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1380056
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Town Fields
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Has post office:
No
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Is Incorporated:
No
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Coordinates
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Latitude:
33.30205690°
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Longitude:
-96.26247870°
