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Etna is a ghost town that was located near the site of present-day Bullard in northwestern Cherokee County, Texas, United States.

History

Etna was first settled by immigrants from the Old South around the time of the Civil War. A local post office was established in 1867 and by the early 1880s the town possessed a dry good store, a district school, a church, a gristmill, a blacksmith, and several general stores. The settlement began to decline by the mid-1880s after the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad bypassed Etna. Most of the residents and businesses move to Bullard and the post office closed in 1883. By 1900, Etna was a ghost town.

References

1. Long, Christopher. Etna, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, University of Texas at Austin.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Texas, United States
County seat: Rusk
Cities	Gallatin Jacksonville New Summerfield Reklaw‡ Rusk Troup‡
Towns	Alto Bullard‡ Cuney Wells
CDP	Shadybrook
Other communities	Blackjack Central High Circle Concord Cove Springs Craft Delmer Dialville Elm Grove Forest Gould Henry's Chapel Ironton Linwood Maydelle Mixon Mount Selman New Hope Oakland Pine Grove Ponta Reese Salem Shady Grove Sweet Union Weeping Mary
Ghost towns	Atoy Brunswick Bulah Chronister Earle's Chapel Emmaus Etna Griffin Java Larissa Lone Star Mewshaw New Birmingham Prices Redlawn Rock Hill Wildhurst
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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