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CRISP, TEXAS
Ellis County,
North Central Texas
FM 660
10 miles E of Waxahachie
Population:
90 (estimate) 2000
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Named for a long-ago Speaker of the House of the U.S. House of Representatives
(Charles F. Crisp), Crisp began using the name when the post office
opened in 1892. Settlement had begun a few years previously. The town
reached its population zenith in the 1920s. It remained there through
the 60s and then declined to just under 100 - where it has remained
ever since.
Crisp's name lives on, however, in the form of brick. The word is
impressed in the product of a local brickyard and like the neighboring
towns of Palmer and Ferris, it turns up on occassion - usually in
the sidewalks of brick collectors. |
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