Woodlake (Texas)
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Location in Texas
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Trinity County | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 2 ′ N , 95 ° 2 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 98 (status: 2000) | ||
| Height : | 98 m | ||
| Postal code : | 75865 | ||
| Area code : | +1 936 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-80068 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1382989 | ||
Woodlake is an inhabited unincorporated community in Trinity County in the US state of Texas with 98 inhabitants.
history
The area was first settled during the American Civil War . However, a community did not develop until a logging company was founded in the early 1880s. In 1896 the place, which was also known as Willard, Old Willard or Jason, had about 250 inhabitants. When most of the wood in the area was felled and the sawmill closed in the 1910s, many settlers moved on. In 1925 the place was renamed Woodlake. The name refers to a water reservoir that supplied the sawmill.
In the 1920s, a private aid project that was taken over by the federal government in 1934 and also failed. Eventually, many residents moved away in the late 1930s. Most of the buildings and equipment were sold to the Baptist Church of East Texas in 1945 , which established a youth camp.