Woodville is a commercial center for lumbering and forest products. The town is the seat of Tyler County and includes an area which is more than 90 percent forested. Woodville was named for George T. Wood, the second governor of Texas.
Some 97,000 acres of dense woods, swamps and streams administered by National Park Service as biological preserves in several units;
Woodville, TX National ParksHome of Alabama and Coushatta Indians, part of Southern forest tribes, in dense, wooded area known as the Big Thicket. Sam Houston, a staunch friend of Indians, was influential in having reservation created in 1850
Woodville, TX Indian ReservationsEstablished in 1896, one of the largest manufacturers of glazed pottery in the U.S., producing millions of red clay pots and ...
Nearest entrance is 14 miles southeast on U.S. 69. Camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, four-wheeling, canoeing, backpacking, s...
Erected more than 100 years ago, the picturesque 19th-century courthouse, with turrets and towers, is modeled after an Irish ...
Museum houses the archives, archeology, history and artifacts of Newton County. It is also a genealogical library....