Second in a series that I plan to introduce geocachers to small towns in Texas that do not have any active caches. I will be looking for interesting locations to bring to your attention. Cedar Lane is an unincorporated community on Caney Creek at the junction of Farm roads 457 and 521, twenty miles southeast of Bay City in east central Matagorda County.
This is a small cache placed at an overgrown spot in Matagorda county. There should be little chance of muggles here, but in a small town you have to be sure as the locals will not hesitate to check you out if you look suspicious. Please replace exactly as you find it for the next cacher to find. I hope you have as much fun looking for this one as I had placing it for you. I have included information about Cedar Lane if you would enjoy a little history of this town
The original settlement clustered around a plantation store, with an approach through a lane of cedars. In 1912 the community secured its own post office and by that time was a stop on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. By 1914 Cedar Lane had a population of twenty-five and a telephone connection. In 1936 the community had a church, a school, two businesses, sixteen dwellings, and a paved thoroughfare. It also had its own school district. During the school year 1937–38 four teachers instructed eighty-five students. By 1949 Cedar Lane school had been consolidated with the Van Vleck Independent School District. In 1940 Cedar Lane had an estimated fifty inhabitants and two businesses and in 1967 fifty-seven residents and three business. In 1972 the settlement had a church, the Kennedy school, and several scattered dwellings. In 1990 Cedar Lane had a population of eighty-five and no businesses, and in 2000 a population of fifty-five with three businesses.
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