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BEATTIE,
TEXASTexas Ghost
Town
Comanche County, North Central Texas
FM 588 off of Hwy 36
Approx 11 miles SW of De Leon
Approx 11 miles NW of Comanche
South of Eastland
Population 50 (estimate)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Charles F. Beatty, is the town's namesake despite the slight change
in spelling. Beatty arrived in what would become Beattie around 1892.
The 20th Century arrived to find Beattie with the essential businesses
of grocery, drugstore, barber and cotton gin - but no railroad. If
one needed a doctor or sheriff, one could call Comanche (City) by
telephone. The post office (frequently to blame for misspellings of
town names) was only open from 1902 to 1908. 1930 is the town's population
high-water mark when 150 people lived there. By the time WWII ended,
it had lost half of its businesses and 2/3rds of its 1930 population.
By the late 1980s there were no businesses in Beattie and the population
estimate has remained at 50 for the last 60 years.
This bare-bones history is supplemented by Remembering
Beattie, Texas a richly detailed personal account of Beattie
written by Harland Moore - the man who provided the entertaining
and equally detailed history of Bend,
Texas.
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