Easton

Gregg County, TX

Status: Located

Year Established: Unknown

Council of Governments: ETCOG

Public History: There are no current descriptions related to Easton in the public record. If you are aware of any sources that we may have missed please share them with us.

Community History: Easton, Texas is connected to the ghost town of Camden (AKA Walling’s Ferry), which sits just below the bluffs of the Sabine River. Camden had already been abandoned by the time the railroad (The Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern) built through in the mid 1880s.

A large sawmill was said to have been in operation at the end of that decade. By 1890, with a population estimated to be around 75, Easton had several businesses, including a general store and a plant that made roofing shingles.

A decline set in and while the White residents of Easton sought work in nearby Longview or Kilgore, the Black population remained, forming a core population of around 50.

An oil boom revived the town in the 1940s, and the post office reopened in 1949. The new, improved and incorporated town has “spilled over” into neighboring Rusk County.