Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Groveton, TX

Groveton is a city in and the county seat of Trinity County, Texas, in the East Texas Piney Woods at the intersection of State Highway 94 and U.S. Highway 287.

Groveton was established in 1881, when the Trinity County and Sabine Pass Land and Railway Company built a lumber mill on the south side of its new track and platted a townsite on the north side.

Company director William S. Peters proposed the name "Grovetown" for a stand of blackjack oak trees between the mill and the town, but residents almost immediately shortened it to Groveton.

Voters chose Groveton as the Trinity County seat in 1882, moving it from Pennington, and the lumber company donated the town square site and materials for a brick courthouse built in 1884.

Groveton and Milltown, or South Groveton, were once organized as separate municipalities with different mayors, one on each side of the railroad tracks.

The Trinity lumber mill was one of the largest in the South, but it closed at midnight on December 31, 1930, blowing its steam whistle for two hours to signal the end of an era after the surrounding timber was cut out.

Groveton was incorporated on September 29, 1919.

As of the 2020 census, Groveton had a population of 918, down from 1,057 in 2010.

Groveton's 918 residents lived in 377 households in 2020, and nearly a quarter of its residents were 65 years of age or older.

Groveton serves as a gateway to the recreation areas of the Davy Crockett National Forest.