Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported that Little Lumber Company was manufacturing 25,000 feet of lumber in 1906. That year Little mortgaged to Hall & Brown for $1344 one #2 4-inch by 15-inch Mississippi planer-matcher with all cutting heads.
The Handbook of Texas noted that Neuville, founded in 1904, was named for a family that had lived in the area since the 1840s.