Ratcliff is an unincorporated community in Houston County in east Texas. The town came into being with the arrival of a wagon train from Georgia in 1875, bringing a band of settlers. The town was named after Jesse H. Ratcliff who built a sawmill in 1885 and opened a post office in four years later. The Old Ratcliff School was established in 1890 and moved closer to town in 1901. The school then consolidated with the Kennard school district in 1955. Ratcliff thrived as a lumbering town until the early 1900s. Ratcliff Recreation Area, a campground one mile west of town, became a tourist attraction which boosted the town’s economy.
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