Pine Prairie
Pine Prairie is on Farm Road 247 six miles north of Huntsville in Walker
County. One of the earliest settlers in the community was James A.
Cabiness, who arrived from the Southeast in 1845 and purchased land in
the Thomas Stevens grant. In 1852 William Koehl and his family bought
land nearby and opened a cotton gin, gristmill, and blacksmith shop. The
community eventually had three churches. Its two-teacher school, which
operated from 1865 until the 1950s, had five grades in 1911. During the Great Depression
the Texas Relief Commission established several community canning
centers in Walker County. One of these was located in Pine Prairie and
provided the facilities and free equipment to can local produce. In
exchange for this service a share of the produce was given to the poor.
In the early 1940s a church, a school, and numerous scattered dwellings
remained at the site. In 1991 only a church and one business were marked
on the county map. The 1990 Texas Almanac listed Pine Prairie but gave no population estimate. TSHA
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/pine-prairie-tx
TX Almanac
https://www.texasalmanac.com/places/pine-prairie
Find a Grave
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1748155/pine-prairie-cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2913/clapp-cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2699/calhoun-cemetery