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Sabine County, Texas

66 topographic sheets cover 22 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Sabine County within Texas
Explore by year 1879 1896

What the record shows

  • 254 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings.
  • 1 of the 2 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 22 populated places in this county; 22 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

2

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Oliphant Housebuilding197777001473
Toole Buildingbuilding200202001568

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1879 - Sabine Co. Texas
Land ownership map (1879) - Sabine Co. Texas. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1896 - Map of Sabine County
Land ownership map (1896) - Map of Sabine County. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

37 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,230 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 37 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-15, scale 1:69000
1952-04-15, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-15, scale 1:69000
1952-04-15, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-15, scale 1:69000
1952-04-15, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-15, scale 1:69000
1952-04-15, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-11-11, scale 1:34000
1956-11-11, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-11-11, scale 1:34000
1956-11-11, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-11-11, scale 1:34000
1956-11-11, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-11-11, scale 1:34000
1956-11-11, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-12-09, scale 1:21670
1963-12-09, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-28, scale 1:24000
1969-02-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-28, scale 1:24000
1969-02-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-28, scale 1:24000
1969-02-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-28, scale 1:24000
1969-02-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-20, scale 1:121998
1970-11-20, scale 1:121998. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-20, scale 1:121998
1970-11-20, scale 1:121998. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-20, scale 1:121998
1970-11-20, scale 1:121998. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-20, scale 1:121998
1970-11-20, scale 1:121998. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:80000
1974-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:20000
1978-03-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:20000
1978-03-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:20000
1978-03-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:20000
1978-03-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-03-01, scale 1:22000
1979-03-01, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-03-01, scale 1:22000
1979-03-01, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-03-01, scale 1:22000
1979-03-01, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-03-01, scale 1:22000
1979-03-01, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-01, scale 1:80000
1980-02-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-01, scale 1:80000
1980-02-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-01, scale 1:80000
1980-02-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-28, scale 1:65000
1980-02-28, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-08, scale 1:64142
1982-03-08, scale 1:64142. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-08, scale 1:64142
1982-03-08, scale 1:64142. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-08, scale 1:64142
1982-03-08, scale 1:64142. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-08, scale 1:64142
1982-03-08, scale 1:64142. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

8 stations, 2 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

14 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 202-1Justice Precinct 1: Hemphill city
  • 202-2Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of Six Mile Creek, and east of State Highway 87, outside Hemphill city
  • 202-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of State Highway 87, north of Six Mile Creek, outside Hemphill city
  • 202-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Six Mile Creek
  • 202-5Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part east and north of State Highway 87
  • 202-6Justice Precinct 2 - That part south and west of State Highway 87, and north of State Highway 21
  • 202-7Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of State Highway 21, and west of State Highway 87 \
  • 202-8Justice Precinct 3: Pineland town: Pineland town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Town limits; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
  • 202-9Justice Precinct 3: Pineland town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; Town limits; Town limits, Road to Pineland
  • 202-10N/A
  • 202-11Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Pineland town
  • 202-12Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Pineland town
  • 202-13Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of State Highway 184, and east of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
  • 202-14Justice Precinct 4 - That part west of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, and south of State Highway 184

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

942 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 942 of them, burning about 11,383 acres. 50 started naturally and 124 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning443
Missing data/not specified/undetermined127
Arson/incendiarism124
Power generation/transmission/distribution66
Natural50
Equipment and vehicle use48
Smoking31
Recreation and ceremony30
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes2
Fireworks1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Four of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 July 2002Arson/incendiarism650 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 155
4 January 1994Arson/incendiarism580 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasAIRPORT
27 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined523 acresLivingston AreaSOUTH BEND ESTATES FIRE
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined381 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasLOWE
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined334 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasCOOPER BRANCH FIRE
8 March 1993Arson/incendiarism300 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 October 1995Arson/incendiarism285 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasJUNCTION
3 March 2006Debris and open burning241 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasBUTLER

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 221 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 221 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 4 injuries and about $19,274,080 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind116
Hail47
Flash Flood34
Tornado23
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2013Tornado (EF1)Plainview1 killed, 2 hurt, $250,000The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey across Sabine County Texas and determined that an EF1 tornado touched down north of Pineland, Texas. The tornado first touched down along Charlie Forse Road...snapping large branches along the road. The tornado then crossed FM. 1 at Strickland Crossing West...snapping and uprooting numerous trees and rolling a mobile home on its side. Other trees fell onto several homes as the tornado continued east along Strickland Crossing West...where a 74 year old female was killed as a result of severe head injuries when a tree fell onto her while she was sleeping in her mobile home. The tornado continued northeast crossing Plainview Road/FM 2024...and over a heavily wooded area while snapping additional trees...before lifting along Bennet Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindHemphill1 killed, $50,000A tree fell on the home of an elderly woman in Hemphill Texas. The tree killed the woman inside her home.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMilam1 hurt, $40,000A tree fell on a trailer at Alpine Marina on Hwy. 21. There was an injured man reported in the trailer from the fallen tree.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindHemphill1 hurtFlying debris injured a girl at Mill Creek Park at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindHemphill$16,000,000Hundreds of trees were uprooted across the area including several that fell across homes and automobiles. Nearly all secondary and Farm to Market roads were closed. Over 300 million board feet of timber was destroyed accounting for 6 million dollars in private timber loss while 10 million dollars damage occurred to homes and property.
March 2008Flash FloodHemphill$2,000,000Highway 87 was flooded north of Hemphill, Texas. Many roads across the northern part of the county were flooded. Many roads and bridges also washed out. Numerous homes and businesses were flooded throughout the county as well.
April 1993Tornado (F2)Hemphill$500,000Several houses were blown down.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Milam$85,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down along the western sections of Toledo Bend Reservoir near Holly Park Marina off of Carters Ferry Road. The tornado initially touched down as a waterspout on Toledo Bend, before moving ashore just south of Holly Park Marina, where it tossed and overturned a couple of RV's at an RV park. The tornado also threw a few boats, destroyed a boat dock, and a small fish cleaning station while also snapping a number of large hardwood trees. The tornado then moved back out over the open water before coming back ashore south of Nine Mile Road. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along East Hamilton Road as well as nearby privately owned land, before the tornado again moved back over the water and lifted.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindPineland$60,000Numerous trees were downed including one tree on top of a house. A 28 foot traver trailer was also overturned.
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Yellowpine$50,000A tornado touched down in an open field near the Yellowpine Community. It travelled northeast destroying a large hay barn. Several trees and power lines were also snapped off. Tin roofing material was noted in the trees roughly 100 feet north of the barn across the road. Debris also damaged a trailer home on the east side of SR. 87 and the skirting was blown off.
December 2007Thunderstorm WindPineland$50,000Two homes were damaged by fallen trees. Several power lines were downed as well.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindFairmont$50,000Thunderstorm winds partially unroofed a house and blew down trees county-wide.
January 2010Tornado (EF1)Geneva$40,000Numerous large trees were toppled and uprooted while many other trees had their tops snapped off. One home had suffered roof damage with most of its shingles blown off. Another home had its storage shed completely destroyed.
November 1972Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 2022Tornado (EF1)Yellowpine$15,000A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down just east of Highway 87 near Lickety Split Trail where severe trees were uprooted. The tornado continued east-northeast where it caused damage to outbuildings at a residence with one outbuilding destroyed. Tree damage continued downstream, but the lack of road access prevented additional observations.
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Yellowpine$10,000This strong EF1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down in the Sabine National Forest along Forest Road 144, where numerous softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. The heaviest concentration of damage was near the intersection of Forest Road 144 and Forest Road 144A, where the tornado was at its strongest and widest. This tornado tracked northeast across inaccessible areas of the forest, before crossing Highway 87 just south of the Six Mile community. Numerous additional softwood trees were snapped and uprooted between Forest Road 182 and Shawnee Shores Drive, before lifting within a cove in Toledo Bend Reservoir along Shawnee Shores Drive. The tornado had a maximum width of 625 yards and tracked over 5 miles.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMilam$10,000Wind damage was reported at Holly Park near the Toledo Bend Reservoir.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMilam$10,000Several trees were downed along with power lines. One tree was down across a car in the northern portion of the county. No injuries were reported.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPineland$10,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHemphill$5,000A large pine tree was blown down onto a barn.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHemphill$5,000Numerous large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 1993HailPineland$5,000Dime- to nickel-size hail was reported along Farm-to-Market Road 2928 east of Yellowpine. Minor roof damage was also reported.
December 2009Tornado (EF0)Pineland$1,000Several trees were snapped and uprooted along FM 2426 east of Pineland, Texas. Numerous powerlines were also downed along both sides of the road. The tornado tracked north and crossed Hwy. 83 northeast of Pineland, snapping and uprooting several trees before lifting. Maximum winds are estimated at 70-75 mph.
December 2009Tornado (EF0)Fairmount$1,000Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along Lakeshore Drive east of the town of Fairmont, Texas. Several powerlines were also downed on either side of Toledo Beach Drive. Maximum winds are estimated at 65-70 mph.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Milam$1,000An EF0 tornado with winds of 65 to 70 mph occurred approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Milam, Texas in Sabine County, Texas along a path approximately 50 yards wide and 2 miles long. Several large trees were snapped off or uprooted along the path which originated along Dorsey Road extending northeastward across Hwy. 21 before lifting. Smaller limbs were broken along the path as well.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPineland$1,000Trees blown down in Pineland and Planview. A light pole was also blown down in Pineland.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHemphill$50Thunderstorm winds blew down a large pine tree which fell across a barn.
April 1959Tornado (F2)not stated$30no account filed
March 2026HailPineland-Ping pong ball size hail reported in Pineland.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHemphill-A large pine tree was downed in Hemphill.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Mayfield-Trees and power lines were downed along Bayou Bend.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Tree downed on Highway 96 just south of Charlie Forse Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMilam-Several trees downed on Dorsey Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMilam-Tree downed on FM Road 1592.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMilam-Tree downed on Highway 21 near Cedar Grove Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMilam-Tree downed on Highway 21 near FM Road 3121.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindRosevine-A wooden porch was lifted off of a home near the intersection of State Highway 103 and FM Road 1592. A tree was also downed along with damage to a concession stand and a nearby trampoline.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMilam-Two trees downed near the intersection of Highway 87 North and Telephone Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHemphill-Numerous trees and power lines downed across Sabine County.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPineland-A tree was downed across Highway 83 just west of Pineland near Bear Creek and a motorist crashed into the tree with no injuries reported.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHemphill-Vehicle struck a downed tree, which had fallen across Highway 83 just east of Hemphill.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindYellowpine-Large tree downed across Highway 87 just north of the fire station in Six Mile community.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindYellowpine-Two large trees downed across FM Road 2343 near Rice Field Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMilam-Widespread power outages reported with downed trees and power lines in Milam.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Sexton-An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down in extreme Northeastern Sabine County south of the East Hamilton community along the eastern shore of Toledo Bend Reservoir, before crossing an inlet area as a waterspout as it entered extreme Southeast Shelby County near the East Hamilton community. Areal satellite imagery and areal surveys confirmed that multiple trees were snapped and uprooted before the tornado entered Shelby County.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPineland Muni Arpt-Tree downed across Highway 96.
April 2023HailGeneva-Golfball size hail fell near the Geneva community.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindYellowpine-Trees were downed just south of Hemphill.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindHemphill-Large limbs were blown down near the intersection of Highway 3382 and Old Sabinetown Road in the Lowe's Creek community.
January 2022Flash FloodBronson-Centerview Road between Bronson and Pineland was closed due to high water. FM 2866 near Bear Creek was also flooded and closed due to high water.
November 2022HailSexton-Ping pong ball size hail fell north of the Milam community along Highway 87.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Several trees were snapped and downed along County Line Road near the Geneva community.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMilam-Trees downed near the intersection of Highway 21 and Highway 103 west of Milam.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFairmount-Trees downed in the Fairmount community.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Mayfield-Trees downed near the intersection of Bayou Bend Road and FM Road 83.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHemphill-A couple of trees and power lines were downed in Hemphill. A tree was downed on Highway 103. Trees were also downed on Highway 87 South about 4 miles south of Hemphill.
May 2021Flash FloodEast Mayfield-FM 1592 northwest of Hemphill was flooded and closed.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMilam-Trees were downed in the Pendleton Harbor community.
May 2021Flash FloodMilam-Several streets were flooded near Milam.
May 2021Flash FloodBrookeland-Highway 87 South in the Yellowpine community and Highway 96 in Brookeland were covered in high water.

Every populated place in the county

22

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.