Editing Lumberton, Texas (section)

==Notable events==

In October 1994, heavy rains (10–25&nbsp;inches in five days) resulted in a severe flood<ref>[http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-073-94/pdf/FS-94-073.pdf Severe flooding, USGS]</ref> over southeastern portions of Texas which damaged and destroyed homes across the region and resulted in 22 flood-related deaths. Lumberton suffered significant property damage, particularly in the [[Pine Island Bayou]] and Village Creek areas.

In 2005, Lumberton resident Mike Smith was elected to the LISD School Board at the age of 19. Smith became the youngest individual to be on a board of education in the state of Texas.<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BT&p_theme=bt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=School%20AND%20Board%20AND%20Oath&s_dispstring=School%20Board%20Oath&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no Youngest on board of education]</ref> In April 2007, Smith became the youngest man to testify in front of the Texas House of Representatives during the 2007 legislative session.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030247/http://www.thehardincountynews.com/news/2007/0509/front_page/005.html Youngest to testify]</ref>

On September 24, 2005, Lumberton made national headlines after suffering a direct hit from [[Hurricane Rita]];  on September 13, 2008, Lumberton made national headlines again for having another direct hit from [[Hurricane Ike]]. On August 28, 2017, [[Hurricane Harvey]] hit Lumberton and approximately half of the community was submerged again.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}