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BYSPOT,
TEXAS
An East
Texas Ghost Town
San Jacinto County, East Texas
18 Miles SE of Coldspring
Population:
0
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town’s post office was open from 1899 to 1921.
Originally called Teddy, the name was changed around 1903,
when a local businessman J. O. H. Bennett changed it to Byspot, his
wife’s name (Topsy) spelled backward and adding a B.*
Bennett also owned and operated a narrow-gauge railroad that took
logs to Conroe which
was acquired by the Delta Land and Timber Company in 1926 and abandoned
in 1931.
The community no longer appears on the list of US Geological Survey
place names. |
See
The Conroe,
Byspot and Northern: A Tram Railroad That Time Forgot by W
T. Block, Jr.
"...J. O. H. Bennette first built a log railroad in 1898 from
his sawmill at old Security, some five miles across Peach Creek to
his "log front" at Teddy or Byspot in southwest San Jacinto County.
At first, the log front was named Teddy for the new hero of San Juan
Hill (Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War), but Bennette
soon changed the name to Byspot, which was the first 6 letters of
his wife's name (Topsy Bennette), spelled backwards...more" |
Byspot,
Texas Forum
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wishing to share history or photos of Byspot, Texas, please contact
us.
*Spelling things in reverse order (like Saxet in East Texas) was a
method of naming towns – when there wasn’t anyone (or any significant
local geographical formation) to honor.
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