Welcome to Independence ...
So far, we found very little information about Independence. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Independence to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Independence - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Independence, please Contact Us.
Independence was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).
While we don't have the exact location of Independence , we believe that it would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Independence, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
Time Zone: The area where Independence was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Independence ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Independence: This one is located in Cherokee County and the other is located in Washington County.
Beyond Texas, there are 50 communities that are also named Independence - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado (3), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee (3), Utah (2), Virginia, Washington (2), West Virginia (4) and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Independence.
Adding Independence to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Independence in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Independence was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Independence.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Independence, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |