Official Name: | Boynton, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Boynton |
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: | 276 |
Coordinates: | 31.2357°N -94.4296°W |
Area Code: | 936 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1379451 |
Boynton is a ghost town in Angelina County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Lufkin, Texas micropolitan area.
The area in what is known as Boynton today was settled in 1904 and was founded by the Boynton Lumber Company. A sawmill was established there at that time and had a daily capacity of 25000feet of board and had 75 employees at its most prosperous point. The mill was closed in 1908 and Boynton became a ghost town shortly after. Only a few scattered houses remained in the early 1990s.[1]
Boynton was located on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, 10miles southeast of Huntington in southeastern Angelina County.[1]
Today, the ghost town is located within the Huntington Independent School District.