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TOOMEY,
TEXASShelby
County, East Texas
About 9 Miles SW of Center
Population:
Between Zero to Unknown |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Named for Parson Toomey, the community briefly (1894-1907) had its own post
office. Evidently little to nothing happened here for the first half of the 20th
Century and the town only had a mere 30 residents by the end of WWII.
Things
have gotten worse for Toomey, Texas and it lost its status as a named community
by the late 1980s. Its name now appears only on old maps and perhaps as a postmark
on crumbling brown envelopes. |
Shelby
County 1907 postal map showing Toomey
(Below
"S" in "SHELBY")
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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