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Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census , its population was 22,491, [ 1 ] with its county seat in Carthage . [ 2 ] Located in East Texas and originally developed for cotton plantations, the county's name is derived from a Choctaw word for cotton .
Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Panola County, Texas, United States. [4] The city is situated in deep East Texas , 20 miles west of the Louisiana state line. Its population was 6,569 at the 2020 census.
Deadwood was the first community east of the Sabine River in Panola County. Men of the LaGrone family fought in the Texas Revolution, the Regulator-Moderator War, and the Civil War. After the end of the Civil War, a grandson of Adam, Confederate veteran Hiram Clark LaGrone, built a mill and gin that became the nucleus of the later town.
When interviewed, Panola County District Attorney Danny "Buck" Davidson said that the town of Carthage was “split up” in regards to their opinion of Tiede. Davidson recounted to the Longview News-Journal , “People remember [Tiede] as being real nice and doing nice things, and they'd like my office to go real easy on him.
She was one of the first women in Texas to publish a newspaper, and was known for her progressivism. [1] Neal was heavily active in local civic affairs from early in her career. In 1921 she became the first woman on the board of regents of State Teachers Colleges, remaining in the position until 1927.
KGAS (1590 AM) is a terrestrial radio station, paired with an FM translator, broadcasting a sports format with local news, weather, and sports interspersed. Licensed to Carthage, Texas , United States , the station serves the state line area of far East Texas and western Louisiana.
The station also has an evening news broadcast at 5 p.m. The station was originally an affiliate of "Today's Best Country" from ABC and Cumulus, but in 2014 switched to Westwood One's "Classic Country" format. Every Sunday from 6 a.m. to noon, KGAS-FM broadcasts gospel music and live church programming.
Panola is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 296 in 2000. [1] Panola is located at the junction of U.S. Highway 79 and FM 9 in northeastern Panola County, approximately 20 miles northeast of Carthage. [1]