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CUNEY, TEXASCherokee County,
East Texas
Highway 175 and Farm Road 855
22 miles NW of Rusk
Population:
145 (2000)
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Norris
Wright Cuney
The Indirect Namesake of Cuney, Texas
Photo courtesy Texas State Library and Archives |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Settled by freed slaves just after the Civil War, Cuney was once known
as Andy, Texas after Andrew Bragg, the first black landowner in the
area. But a real community didn't appear until 1902, when the Texas
and New Orleans Railroad made the town a flag stop.
Around 1914 H. L. Price, and local investors formed a company and
platted a townsite. They named the town after Price's son, Cuney Price.
He had been named after Norris Wright Cuney, a black politician and
head of the Texas Republican party.
A post office was granted in 1917. In 1929, Cuney had 100 people when
the highway (U.S.175) was paved. The town's major businesses moved
to be near the increased traffic. In the throes of the Great Depression,
the population shrank to a mere 25 citizens. Over the years it increased
slowly to 170 (1990).
Cuney incorporated in November 1983.
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