Manning (1980)

The community of Manning grew up around the operations of the Carter-Kelley Lumber Company, established here about 1906. The town was named for D. W. W. Manning (b. 1820) who started a sawmill here in 1867. By 1929 Manning had a population of 1300 and included a movie theater, a school, stores, churches, a post office, and a railroad depot. The town began to decline after a fire destroyed the mill in the mid-1930s, and operations were moved to Camden (30 mi. W). The townsite is now marked by homes, sawmill ruins, and a cemetery. (1980, 1995) Supplemental plaque: This house and what was left of Manning after the mill fire of 1936 were bought by Morgan M. Flournoy. Here he and his wife Ruby raised five children.

Manning is a historical marker in Huntington vicinity, Angelina County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 45 historical markers documented in Angelina County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 176 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.1425, -94.5385 near Huntington vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gibbs House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gibbs--Flournoy House, Manning, and Crain.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5005007000. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.