Exploring Woodville: A Historic African-American Community in Cherokee County
Published: October 11, 2004
The tiny community of Woodville is located about a mile west of Farm Road 2962, six miles east of Rusk in eastern Cherokee County. This African-American settlement was founded sometime after the Civil War, and farmers, including many sharecroppers, lived in the area. In 1884 Woodville had a school, and Benjamin H. Tucker served as teacher. By the 1930s houses, two schools, a church, and several businesses were in the area. The community still appeared on maps in the 1990s, but the 2000 census recorded only twenty residents.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Laurie E. Jasinski, “Woodville, TX (Cherokee County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/woodville-tx-cherokee-county.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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- October 11, 2004
