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History in a Pecan
Shell
Named to honor early settler Harrell Cundiff, the town was
first settled in the mid-1850s. Indian raids and the threat of Indian raids caused
residents to flee and it wasn't until the mid 1870s, that people started to return.
A permanent townsite was established when a man named Walker Moore broke up his
property and platted a townsite in the early 1890s.
Cundiff's post office
was in operation from 1891 to 1918. The community also had four stores and a school
along with a blacksmith and gin.
From 1940 to1988 the town's population
figure was estimated to be 50 Cundiffites. It has since decreased to the 2000
estimate of 45. |
The
volunteer fire department in Cundiff
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2005 | |
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