'It depends on what you mean by oldest': 10 things to do in historic Nacogdoches, Texas Michael Barnes Austin American-Statesman 0:05 ...

Nacogdoches sits on the northeastern end of the road from Mexico City, about 100 miles from its terminus at Natchitoches, Louisiana.

The people I encountered in Nacogdoches proved to be uniformly open and helpful — more on that subject in a future column about places where the community meets to eat and drink.