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WISE COUNTY HISTORICAL SITES

Near Site of Anneville School

CR 4371, Southwest of Decatur, Texas 76234
From Decatur, take FM 730 about 6 miles south, turn west onto CR 4371, and continue about 1 mile to cemetery.​

Located on 3-acres donated in 1883 by E. M. Curtner, N. E. Young, P. H. and N. C. Neal for a cemetery, school, and church. First school (a 2-story building) was 30 yards west of cemetery. First church was about 300 yards south of the cemetery. About 1913 a new school was erected on original school site. In 1930 the school district consolidated with Boyd District. The structure was then used as a church until it burned, 1959. Anneville, one-mile south, had 2 stores, a post office, gin, gristmill, and other businesses. It was probably named in honor of Mrs. Annie Davis, early settler.

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