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History in
a Pecan Shell
Present-day Nix was originally settled along one of the mail /stage
routes out of Lampasas
in the 1880s. Prior to that the only activity was being part of the
Fort Phantom Hill road (1850s).
A blacksmith and store opened around 1883, with the storekeeper becoming
postmistress. Nix's high-water mark was reached in the 1890s when
two mills and gins were in operation and two churches established.
The population which had been recorded as only 8 people suddenly swelled
to 27 by 1896.
It seems to have felt comfortable at this level and stayed below 30
throughout the 1940s. Lampasas
County drilled and found oil in the 20s and 30s, and Nix had the
dubious distinction of having the only test well to come in dry.
Nix had a store in the late 40s and just west of town was a combination
school/church.
In 2005, the old Nix store was still standing - although not in business.
Reportedly TxDoT uses the site as a gravel storage area. |
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Nix,
Texas Forum
I grew up on
a ranch south of Lometa
near the ghost town of Nix west of Lampasas.
As a kid I took a picture of an abandoned victorian mansion about
two miles south of Lometa.
I lost the picture but Ive never been able to forget that house.
It was torn down many years ago but thought perhaps someone may
have information or a picture of it? It was located on Co Rd 55
off Fm Rd 3415 off 183/190 south going towards Lampasas. It was
symmetrical in design with two big stone chimneys & two turrets
with steeples on each side of the house. A covered porch with turned
posts wrapped around the front of the house and a balcony was over
the top of the porch with a pediment front off the center of the
roof. There was lots of fancy woodwork, cut shingles, etc. Not typical
for most houses around Lampasas county! - Dave Porter, August 20,
2010
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