The area in what is known as Laird Hill today was named for a local family of settlers. It was originally known as Pistol Hill during the East Texas oil boom. The community's first postmaster was Ignatius S. Crutcher, who was appointed in 1936. Its population was 500 in 1940 with eight businesses; this went down to 461 and four businesses in 1970 and ended at 405 from 1980 through 2000, and the number of businesses went up from one to five.[1]
On April 25, 1957, an F3 tornado struck the community.[2]
^ abBiesele, Megan. "Laird Hill, TX". tshaonline.org. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
^"Storm Events Database - Event Details | National Centers for Environmental Information". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
^Cherokee Cavaliers: Forty Years of Cherokee History As Told in the Correspondence of the Ridge-Watie-Boudinot Family, 1939 By Edward Everett Dale and Gaston Litton, University of Oklahoma Press
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laird, hill, texas, laird, hill, unincorporated, community, northwestern, rusk, county, texas, united, states, according, handbook, texas, community, population, 2000, located, within, longview, texas, metropolitan, area, laird, hillunincorporated, communityla. Laird Hill is an unincorporated community in northwestern Rusk County Texas United States According to the Handbook of Texas the community had a population of 405 in 2000 It is located within the Longview Texas metropolitan area Laird HillUnincorporated communityLaird HillLocation within the state of TexasShow map of TexasLaird HillLaird Hill the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 32 21 12 N 94 54 20 W 32 35333 N 94 90556 W 32 35333 94 90556CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyRuskTime zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT GNIS feature ID1339478 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Education 4 Notable person 5 ReferencesHistory editThe area in what is known as Laird Hill today was named for a local family of settlers It was originally known as Pistol Hill during the East Texas oil boom The community s first postmaster was Ignatius S Crutcher who was appointed in 1936 Its population was 500 in 1940 with eight businesses this went down to 461 and four businesses in 1970 and ended at 405 from 1980 through 2000 and the number of businesses went up from one to five 1 On April 25 1957 an F3 tornado struck the community 2 Geography editLaird Hill is located on Texas State Highway 42 just southwest of Kilgore on the northern boundary of Rusk County 1 It is also on Texas State Highway 135 and Farm to Market Road 2012 Education editThe Leverett s Chapel Independent School District and the Kilgore Independent School District serve area students Notable person editJohn Martin Thompson Native American tribal leader and lumberjack 3 References edit a b Biesele Megan Laird Hill TX tshaonline org Retrieved January 3 2023 Storm Events Database Event Details National Centers for Environmental Information www ncdc noaa gov Retrieved July 9 2020 Cherokee Cavaliers Forty Years of Cherokee History As Told in the Correspondence of the Ridge Watie Boudinot Family 1939 By Edward Everett Dale and Gaston Litton University of Oklahoma Press nbsp This article about a location in Rusk County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Laird Hill Texas amp oldid 1167292613, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
