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History · Pineland

Pineland’s post office opened in 1904

Most of Pineland was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976.

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How Pineland began

When was Pineland founded?

1904

The Pineland post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 888122 years
Founding year: the first Pineland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pineland’s past

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The story so far

Pineland, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pineland yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Pineland is a city in Sabine County, Texas, United States. The population was 888 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1904. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 850 to 888 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Pineland, 1904 to 1965

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Pineland post office opens
  3. 1925Born hereRobert E. Ferguson is born here
  4. 1929Born hereCurt Roberts is born here
  5. 1949Born hereClifford Brooks is born here
  6. 1965Born hereTeresa Weatherspoon is born here
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Famous people

4 famous people were born in Pineland

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Teresa WeatherspoonAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1965
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Clifford BrooksAmerican football player · b. 1949
Curt RobertsAmerican baseball player · b. 1929
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Robert E. FergusonAmerican politician · b. 1925
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

Pineland’s post office has been open since 1904.

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pineland
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pineland’s history

What year was Pineland founded?

The Pineland post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.