Editing Lolita, Texas (section)

==History==
The area around Lolita was first settled in the 1840s by Isaac N. Mitchell, who ran a plantation there. Lolita was established in 1909 and named for Lolita Reese, the granddaughter of a veteran of the [[Texas Revolution]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CWQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aqMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1959%2C2487050 | title=Mr. Know-It-All | work=Reading Eagle | date=Oct 3, 2005 | access-date=18 October 2015 | pages=C2}}</ref> The following year, a [[post office]] opened in Lolita, and the [[St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway]] built a [[Railroad switch|switch]] there. After [[World War II]], five businesses operated in Lolita, and by 1969 the community had seven businesses.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hardin|first=Stephen L.|title=Lolita, TX|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hll54|work=[[Handbook of Texas Online]]|publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]]|access-date=November 16, 2012}}</ref>