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NIX, TEXAS
Texas Ghost
Town
Lampasas County, Texas Hill Country
Ranch Road 580
11.5 miles W of Lampasas
Population: unknown
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Old
gas station - "Nix Store"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, May 2004 |
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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