Bronson, Texas

Bronson is an unincorporated community in west central Sabine County, Texas, United States.

[1] It is located on U.S. Route 96 at the junction of State Highway 184, nine miles west of Hemphill.

[2] Named for Samuel Bronson Cooper, the area was first settled in 1895 by settler and developer John Henry Kirby.

In 1902, he started the Kirby Lumber Company, which at one time controlled more than 300,000 acres (1200 km2) of East Texas pinelands and operated thirteen sawmills.

Economic hardships and a diminishing timber supply during the 1930s resulted in a population decline, which accelerated in the 1940s.