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FM
839 to Neeley Cemetery
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, December 2012 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The former town
is also known regionally as Short Pone. Information is scare
and so are early population figures. Residents of Pone received a
post office (see postal map) in the
late 1890s. The first postmaster was one Luther O. Neeley – the same
name of the local cemetery. The post office closed in 1905 and mail
was rerouted through Laneville.
The estimated population was around 25 through the Depression and
WWII, when the
town supported two businesses. As of 1990 it remains listed as a community.
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Photographer’s
Note:
“Pone is only a dot on a map. I saw no residences – just the Neeley
Cemetery on FM 839 – about a quarter mile southwest of where that
road intersects with CR 457.” - Gerald
Massey |
Pone, Texas
by David Knape
Ghosts of those
entombed in stone
are what remains
of little Pone
A place that ached
to be a town
just never grew
much on its own
Where once was life
now all alone
a shadow of
the place called Pone.
© d.knape
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1907 Rusk
County Postal Map showing Pone, Texas
(Below "RU" in "RUSK")
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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