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Jarvis, Texas

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An unsuccessful oil-drilling operation occurred in the area in 1909. In the 1930s, the community had a few homes, two churches, and only one operating business. Then the 1982 county highway map showed a few scattered houses in Jarvis, while a church named Fields Chapel was located a half mile north
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jarvis, Texas
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at the junction of two county roads and just south of
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area. Although it is considered a ghost town by the
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Ghost town
Jarvis is located in Texas
Jarvis is located in the United States
31°45′19″N 95°26′42″W / 31.75528°N 95.44500°W / 31.75528; -95.44500
Country
State
Texas
County
Anderson
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
Area code(s)
430 & 903
GNIS
ghost town
Anderson County
U.S. state
Texas
Palestine, Texas
micropolitan
Handbook of Texas
Geographic Names Information System
unincorporated community
U.S. Highway 84
Texas State Railroad
U.S. Highway 84
Palestine

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