"Polk County's oldest public utility. The Livingston Telephone
Company was organized August 3, 1903,  with S. H. Smith
as president.  The locally owned, independent telephone
exchange operated a 24 hour switchboard on the second
floor of a building at 315 N Jackson.  The system started
with 40 hand cranked telephones in service.  By the time
creosoted poles were installed in 1909 there were 124
telephones in use.  In 1959 the exchange was converted
to a fully automatic dialing system."
{Texas Historic Commission-1985}

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