WOODLAKE, TEXAS
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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Woodlake is an unincorporated populated place in Trinity County, Texas, United States.
Located on U.S.
Route 287, it lies 4 miles southeast of Groveton.
In 1990, the estimated population was 301 residents
The town was originally settled around the mid 1860's, but did not see any real growth until the 1880's when the Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company was established there.
The post office opened in 1889 under the name Willard, and would remain open until 1910.
By the time World War I occurred, the timber in the region was exhausted, and the sawmill was dismantled.
