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JUMBO,
TEXASPanola
County, East Texas
Off State Highway 315
17 Miles SW of Carthage
Population: Unknown |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Cotton
planters established a community here sometime before the Civil War but it wasn’t
until 1888 when a post office was granted.
James C. Brady could be considered
the town “founder” since he was the primary businessman. Brady ran the community
store as well as a grist mill and cotton gin.
By the mid 1890s, Jumbo
had two churches and a school – but no estimate of population. The post office
closed in 1912, but it appears on the 1907 post
office map.
Jumbo’s schoolmerged with the school in Gary in the 1940s
and the few residents that inhabited the area filtered into neighboring towns
or left the area in search of work. By the 1990s, Jumbo was no longer seen as
a community and was downgraded to a “dispersed rural community.” |
1907
Panola County map showing Jumbo SW of Carthage
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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