Looneyville, Texas

Unincorporated community in Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

Looneyville, Texas

Unincorporated community

Looneyville

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Coordinates: 31°45′48″N 94°50′40″W﻿ / ﻿31.76333°N 94.84444°W﻿ / 31.76333; -94.84444
Country| United States
State| Texas
County| Nacogdoches
Elevation

| 328 ft (100 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID| 1378609[1]

Looneyville is an unincorporated community in Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States.[1]

## History

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Looneyville was named in the 1870s for John Looney, who kept a store at the site.[2] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3][4]

## See also

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* Texas portal

* List of unincorporated communities in Texas

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Looneyville
2. ^ Long, Christopher. "Looneyville, Texas". The Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
3. ^ Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. xi. ISBN 9781440507397.
4. ^ Birnbach, Lisa; Marx, Patricia; Hodgman, Ann (May 14, 2002). 1,003 Great Things About America. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-7407-2949-2.

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Municipalities and communities of Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States

County seat: Nacogdoches

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* Appleby
* Chireno
* Cushing
* Garrison
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* Redfield

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* Alazan
* Attoyac
* Douglass
* Etoile
* Harmony
* Looneyville
* Martinsville
* Mahl
* Sacul
* Trawick
* Woden

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