Pineland grew out of the arrival of the logging industry in the east Texas pine forests of Sabine County. A lumber camp was first recorded at this site along the newly constructed Gulf, Beaumont & Great Northern Railway in 1902. The settlement was first known as John Adams’ Mill, after a miller who had recently arrived from Alabama, but it soon became known as Pineland. After the railroad established a passenger and freight station there, the settlement grew rapidly, and lumber continued to drive the town’s economy. A post office opened in 1904 with Walter Everett as the first postmaster. By 1907 a commercial sawmill was operating in Pineland, and after three years T.L.L. Temple purchased it for the Temple Lumber Company. In its early years, the town was populated almost exclusively by mill workers and their families. Pineland reached 1,500 residents by 1925 and incorporated in 1941. Later growth included the organization of the Pineland State Bank in 1957, the establishment of a hospital and a supermarket during the 1960s, the formation of a library and the Pineland Service Club, and the first observance of Pineland Day in 1957. Pineland Independent School District was formed in 1917 and operated until 1961, when it consolidated with the Bronson Schools to form the West Sabine Independent School District. The African American school in Pineland was added to the district in 1966, and the district continues to serve the community.