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Apple Springs
Apple Springs is located in Texas
Apple Springs
Apple Springs
Location in Texas
Apple Springs is located in the United States
Apple Springs
Apple Springs
Location in the United States
Country  United States
State  Texas
County Trinity
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Apple Springs is a small unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas, United States. The town was founded shortly after the Civil War as May Apple Springs. The town rose to a population of 285 in 1965, and then progressively declined to about 130 people, with nine business, in the 1990s.

History

A post office has been in operation at Apple Springs since 1884. The community took its name from a nearby spring where May apples grew.

  • Apple Springs, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
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