Cherokee County-Rusk area. Info needed (Houston, Tyler: for sale, home, purchase)

[EasilyAmused]

This area reminds me a lot of Alabama/Georgian. Does anyone have any information on it?

I've been looking in the Athens/Henderson County area, but find I can get some serious acreage a little farther east and still trailor my boat to the lakes.

I know about the bias toward east Texas, but the hills and red soil might help me overlook it.

[destin04]

I love that area. The rolling hills are very pretty. You can still get land that would be private. I think my favorite area would be south of Jackonville, between there and Rusk. It does remind you a lot of that area of the country. The Athens area has some small rolling hills ...but nothing like the Rusk area.

[EasilyAmused]

Just did a road trip today and the land is BEAUTIFUL. It looks like the foothills in Georgia. The town square is quaint but struggling. A couple promising cafe's and shops. And no damn WALMART around!

The area is poor in general, but the land is amazing. 100 acres and you can't see a soul and it looks like 1000 of acres around you of forest.

2 1/2 hours from door to door is ceratinly do-able. Seasons and hills.

[High_Plains_Retired]

I've only been to Atlanta a couple of times so I can't offer any comparisons but I have a brother who lives in Cherokee County. It's one of the few remaining rural areas of east Texas and property seems really inexpensive (as compared to out here on the Texas High Plains). Just two months ago I went with my sister to look a really nice restored older home (about 2000 ft2) with pecan acreage in the small community of Forest (near Alto). I seem to recall the price at around $70,000. If it was not for the humidity in east Texas, I would probably move back to my east Texas roots.

[Mark-Tyler is Special]

Some of the most scenic land in Texas. Trees, hills some meadows, few people, Rusk has 5,000 pop. not growing the same for 60 years. But, maybe that is good. Just enjoy the area - even kinda tuff to retire there or move there no jobs, a few jobs in Jacksonville 10 miles north 14,000 pop,a few more in Tyler 35 miles north. Most of the land is owned by timber companies and not for sale or by land owners who just keep it in the family or for timber purposes. Love the area, so peaceful.

[EasilyAmused]

Just put in an offer on a place there. Let's hope the sellers want to play nice in a down market.
I'm wondering if the area gets snow. I've been told it has a great fall and even good color in trees if it's rained enough.

[TexasNick]

Yes land is cheap there, but i think it's because of the location. Does it get humid there? I would think so.

Good luck on the purchase and please keep me updated on your progress.

[EasilyAmused]

Humidity doesn't bother me.........I'm from Houston.

[Mark-Tyler is Special]

35-40 Miles North of Rusk in Tyler it has snowed enough to measure just twice in the 18 years that I have been back in Tyler after living 20 plus years in Houston. I don't think Rusk got either snow. There maybe no "offical" global warming - subject to all kinds of debate. But the winters are decidedly warmer than in the 50s thru the 1990. I was looking forward to seeing snow, as I grew up with, when I moved back to Tyler. One snow on Dec 31, Jan 1 1999-2000 an inch of snow 2-3 inch on Feb 14 either 2004-or 2005 gone in 12 hours. Does not get down to 12-18 degrees like it always did in decades prior. Used to have 4-6 inch snowfall that would last 2-5 days and stay in the 20's for high temps all the way thru 1989 comes down to about 100 miles North of Tyler with huge snows in Oklahoma.

Lets us know the "steal" you made on land - then tell us "HOW" you accomplished that. Good Luck !!

[destin04]

I went to school in Nacogdoches and it snowed several times in the 70's We now live north of Tyler in the Lindale area and it snowed here in March about 3 inches. It was all melted by noon.