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Crockett, TX - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Crockett  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Crockett Home page. The Crockett Home page provides as much information as possible on Crockett. Knowing Crockett’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Crockett’s Home page, you will also find Crockett’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Crockett has a population of 6424. 46.5% of Crockett’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.5 are female. 28.3% of Crockett is married and 50% own their own home. The Average Home price is $88,624, and the average rent is $667. Household median income in Crockett is $27,308, and the individual median income is $16,820. Crockett’s Ethnic is the following: White(50.8%), Black(43.8%), Hispanic(12.5%), Multiple(4.1%), Asian(0.7%), Other(0.4%), Native(0.3%).


The town was named after Davy Crockett, who had camped nearby on his way to the Alamo; the site was very near the Old San Antonio Road. Andrew Edwards Gossett, a Texas Revolution soldier from Maury, Tennessee, along with his father and brother, donated the land for the town in 1836, and named it after Crockett, whom they had previously known.


The town was incorporated in 1837, and a post office was granted the following year. Crockett was connected to Nacogdoches by stage service. In 1839 raids by the Alabama-Coushatta and Cherokee Indians forced the town's residents to take shelter in the fortified log courthouse. Crockett was a training center for Confederate conscripts during the Civil War. The railroad came through in 1872, enabling Crockett to exploit the county's timber resources.


By 1885 the town was thriving with a population of 1,200, and the following year a school was opened for black girls. It evolved into Mary Allen Junior College, which operated into the 1970s. In 1904 lignite mining started, peaking about 1910. The stands of timber were seriously depleted by the 1920s.


The population was over 3,000 in the mid-1920s, and by 1936 it was nearly 4,500. The population of Crockett increased while most of East Texas declined after World War II. It had reached 5,000 by the 1960 census.During this time, one of the first loop roads in the nation (Loop 304) was built around the city.


This traffic reliever was procured through the works of heavyweight politicians who called Crockett home. Blues singer Lightnin' Hopkins was once arrested in Crockett. In recent years, the economy of Crockett has expanded with the construction of new retail space on Loop 304. Several historic buildings in downtown have been renovated to accommodate new office and service space.


Renewed interest in reserves of natural gas in the surrounding area has led to construction of energy infrastructure and receipt of royalty revenues for land. In 1854, A.T. Monroe, a grandnephew of U.S. President James Monroe, came to Crockett from Virginia. He established what is now the Monroe-Crook House, built with brick placed between the inner and outer walls.


George W. Crook purchased the residence in 1911. The house, open for public tours, is located in front of the John H. Wooters Public Library in the same block as the Crockett Presbyterian Church. The Presbyterian Church was established in 1854. The building was razed by a fire in 1926 and rebuilt.


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