San Augustine, TX

united states

San Augustine sits in East Texas's Piney Woods, 140 miles northeast of Houston via US 59 and Highway 21. This small county seat of 2,000 people lies along the historic El Camino Real trade route. Highway 21 connects west to Nacogdoches and east toward Louisiana, while local routes serve nearby Carthage and Lufkin through dense pine forests. The town claims to be Texas's oldest, with a Spanish mission dating to 1717.