Official Name: | Pitner Junction, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Pitner Junction |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rusk |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 367 |
Coordinates: | 32.2894°N -94.8686°W |
Area Code: | 430, 903 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1378874 |
Pitner Junction is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.
Pitner Junction was named for its location and for a local family with that last name. It may have been settled before 1900. County highway maps in the 1930s showed a business and several scattered houses. It also had a general store for some time. Its population was reported as 20 in 2000.[1]
Pitner Junction is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 259 and Farm to Market Road 918, 10miles northwest of Henderson in northwestern Rusk County.[1]
Today, the community is served by the Kilgore Independent School District.