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History
in a PineconePaxton
was born with the arrival of the railroad in 1885. A post office was granted seven
years later and the name comes from a family of early settlers.
Paxton
had a population of 100 in 1914 and used its depot to ship lumber, produce and
cotton.
The town reached its high-water
mark (estimated at 300) just as the Great Depression was beginning and between
exhausted timber and low cotton prices, the populace abandoned the town in favor
of greener pastures. It did, however, drain population from the nearby Spivey,
creating a ghost town from that community.
The post war population was
back to 100 residents which has slowly grown to the 161 people counted by the
2000 census. |
Lula Massey appears to be donating
a huge watermelon to soldier June Rowe near Paxton, Texas in 1951. Although it
makes a wonderful Fourth of July photograph, in truth, the family gathering was
for Lula’s birthday. Lula is the Grandmother of Gerald
Massey, Texas Escapes Photographer-at-Large. Soldier June was Mr.
Massey’s cousin.
From Gerald
Massey Collection |
Paxton United Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, July 2009 |
Site of Spivey Marker on US-84 about a mile east
of Paxton
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, July 2009 | |
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