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Tenaha, TX - History


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


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

Tenaha has a population of 1595. 44.1% of Tenaha’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.9 are female. 30.4% of Tenaha is married and 48.3% own their own home. Household median income in Tenaha is $22,173, and the individual median income is $18,212. Tenaha’s Ethnic is the following: Black(53.4%), White(34.7%), Hispanic(28%), Other(7%), Multiple(4.9%).


Tenaha was established on February 2, 1886. The community was named by members of the Hicks family (Cherokee) for Tenehaw Municipality, from the Spanish, the original name of Shelby County. In 2009, Tenaha became a defendant in a class action lawsuit over allegations that local police regularly made improper seizures of cash, jewelry, and property from African-American and Latino motorists passing through the town.


Arrested drivers were given a choice of either going to jail on money-laundering felony charges or handing over all their valuables in order to be allowed to walk free. In one case a couple surrendered $6,000 to keep their children out of child protection services. In addition to taking of valuables from motorists who were not criminally charged, Tenaha officials allegedly agreed to lenient sentences for known drug traffickers in exchange for cash forfeitures.


See Asset forfeiture controversy section below for more details.


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