Caney

Caney, off Farm Road 269 in southeastern Hopkins County, was the site of one of eighteen churches that formed the Rehoboth Baptist Association. Services were held for several years before a meetinghouse was built on land owned by G. L. Stacy. A local school was opened before 1898, when it had an enrollment of seventy-one black students. The school was later closed, and in the mid-1930s the community had the church, a cemetery, and a number of scattered dwellings. Around 1944 the Pickton oilfield was in operation near the church. In the late 1980s Caney was the site of a church and cemetery.

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Belongs to

Caney is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Caney is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 32.99845320
Longitude: -95.38633670

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No