History The site was founded in 1885 for a station for the Houston, East and West Texas Railway. The land was donated by Benjamin Franklin Morris, and the site was named for his grandson Joaquin Lopez . The post office was opened in the following year. The site operated as a shipping point for cotton and lumber, with a lumber mill functioning there. The town was incorporated in 1940, with a population increase with the development of the Toledo Bend Reservoir years later.
history the site was founded in 1885 for a station for the houston east and west texas railway the land was donated by benjamin franklin morris and the site was named for his grandson joaquin lopez  the post office was opened in the following year the site operated as a shipping point for cotton and lumber with a lumber mill functioning there the town was incorporated in 1940 with a population increase with the development of the toledo bend reservoir years later