Saron

Saron is on Burris Creek just off Farm Road 1270, twenty-one miles southeast of Lufkin in southeastern Angelina County. It was founded as a logging camp before 1900 and by the mid-1930s had a church and a school. The school was closed around the time of World War II, but in the early 1990s two churches and a few scattered dwellings still remained. Saron was no longer shown on county highway maps in 2000.

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Christopher Long | © TSHA

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Currently Exists

No

Place type

Saron is classified as a Town

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No