Diboll is a city in southwestern Angelina County, Texas, set among the pine forests of the East Texas timber region. It lies along U.S. Route 59, designated as future Interstate 69, about eleven miles south of Lufkin, the county seat, and roughly 109 miles north of Houston. The city covers about 4.7 square miles. Diboll's history is inseparable from lumber. The Southern Pine Lumber Company was founded in 1893 by the Temple family, and the town grew up around the mill as a true company town. For much of the twentieth century, the company shaped local life, providing employment, housing, and civic institutions, and the Temple name became woven into the town's schools and public life. In 1973 Diboll became the corporate home of the old Southern Pine Lumber Company operations, and the Temple family's enterprises — later consolidated as Temple-Inland — made the city a significant center of the regional timber industry. The Diboll History Center now preserves this legacy through photographs, archives, and exhibits. The 2020 census recorded a population of 4,457, following a peak of 5,470 in 2000. Today the city retains its working-class, timber-oriented character while functioning as a self-sufficient East Texas community with its own school district, parks, and civic amenities. Diboll offers more recreation than its size might suggest, including Old Orchard Park, the Neches Pines Golf Course, and miles of hike-and-bike trails, with the Angelina National Forest and the Neches and Angelina rivers nearby. Its position along the future Interstate 69 corridor keeps it connected to Lufkin and Houston, while the surrounding pine forests give the city a distinctly East Texas setting and identity.