| Alpha-Numeric Key: | AG-40 |
| Corporate Name: | Angelina County Lumber Company logging front
at Nancy |
| Local Name: | Nancy |
| Owner Name: | Angelina County Lumber Company logging front at Nancy |
| Location: | Camp Nancy; shipping point at Zavalla |
| County: | Angelina |
| Years in Operation: | 16 years |
| Start Year: | 1918 |
| End Year: | 1933 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939 |
| Period of Operation: | 1920s to 1930s |
| Town: | Camp Nancy |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Sawtimber and sawlogs
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
 Other |
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| Power Source: | Oxen, mules, steam machinery, logging tram equipment
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
|
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| Maximum Capacity: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Company logging tram road, mules, horses, skidders, steam loaders, etc. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & New Orleans at Zavalla. Angelina & Neches River R. R. Co, the company logging tram. |
| Historicial Development: | Nancy was one of the locations for the Angelina County Lumber Company logging fronts from about 1918 to the 1930s. It had a post office, a commissary, a school, several tenant houses as well as boxcar houses. It was moved to Acol in the 1930s.
133 white pupils enrolled in Nancy school during the 1929-1930 school year.
Webb reported that the community was named for Nancy Kelty and was established in 1923 by Angelina County Lumber Company. Two hundred tenant houses were built along with a commissary and company offices. By 1930, the post office had been discontinued. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 01-09-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |