Official Name: | Alco, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Alco |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Angelina |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 282 |
Coordinates: | 31.3521°N -94.5705°W |
Area Code: | 936 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1381297 |
Alco is a ghost town in Angelina County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Lufkin, Texas micropolitan area.
Alco started as a flag station around 1911 after the Angelina and Neches River Railroad built through the community. There was a sawmill and a few houses in the 1930s. The sawmill closed during World War II and Alco became a ghost town. Only a few scattered, abandoned houses remained in the 1990s.[1]
Alco was located on the Angelina and Neches River Railroad, 10miles northeast of Lufkin in northeastern Angelina County.[1]
Alco had its school in the 1930s.[1] Today, the ghost town is located within the Huntington Independent School District.