Teaselville, also known as Loftin, is an unincorporated community in Smith County

Smith County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 174,706 people, 65,692 households, and 46,904 families residing in the county. The population density was 188 people per square mile . There were 71,701 housing units at an average density of 77 per square mile...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States

United States

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. Teaselville is located at the junction of Farm to Market Road 344

Farm to Market Road 344

Farm to Market Road 344 is a farm to market road located in Smith County, Texas.-Route description:The western terminus of FM 344 is at in unincorporated Smith County, southwest of Noonday; the roadway continues to the west as . The route travels to the south and then east, through Teaselville...

 and Farm to Market Road 346

Farm to Market Road 346

Farm to Market Road 346, or FM 344, is a farm to market road in Cherokee and Smith counties, Texas. It runs from Farm to Market Road 855 in unincorporated Cherokee County at its western terminus to Texas State Highway 110 in Troup at its eastern terminus. FM 346 was established in Whitehouse in...

 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Bullard

Bullard, Texas

Bullard is a town in northern Cherokee and southern Smith Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 69 and Farm-to-Market Roads 2137, 2493, and 344, about 12 miles south of Tyler. The population was 1,150 at the 2000 census.The town lies in two counties...

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History

Teaselville was inhabited by 1846, and the community was formed in 1850. A post office opened in Teaselville in 1900 and closed by 1936. The population of Teaselville was 150 in 2000.