
Wynnewood
Wynnewood, a predominantly black community on the San Jacinto River in
western Walker County, developed on a plantation of Erasmus Wynne in
1852. Descendants of slaves brought from Alabama still grew tobacco and
cotton in the area in the early 1940s. TSHA
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/wynnewood-tx
TX Almanac
https://www.texasalmanac.com/places/wynnewood