East Caney

East Caney, a farming community off Interstate Highway 30 and just west of East Caney Creek nine miles east of Sulphur Springs in eastern Hopkins County, was settled before 1900. In the mid-1930s East Caney had a church, a school, a cemetery, and a number of scattered houses. After World War II most of its residents moved away. Its school was consolidated with the Saltillo school district, and by the early 1960s only a church and two cemeteries remained in the area. In the early 1990s East Caney was a dispersed rural community.

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Christopher Long | © TSHA

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Belongs to

East Caney is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

East Caney is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 33.13178250
Longitude: -95.45689530

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No

Population Count, 2009

100