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History
in a Pecan Shell
It was named
for Walter S. Posey. [ See Naming
of Posey ]
In the mid 1930s Posey had a population of 25 residents served by
three businesses. By 1941 it had grown to 70 residents and amenities
included a school, church and a grain elevator.
The Posey school merged with Slaton
schools prior to 1960 and the population reached 120 in the early
1950s. It remained there through the early 1970s. In 1974 the population
grew to 125 and remained at that level through the early 1990s.
Photographer's Note:
Posey - no beach... Gin & Church only... Will provide its
own flowers for the service - soon... - Rick
Vanderpool, June 10, 2010
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Posey, Texas
Forum:
Subject: Naming
of Posey, Texas
I came across the
page that you have published in the magazine concerning the name of
Posey, Texas. Although all the family is pleased and happy to see
any commendation of Uncle Walter S. Posey, he would be the first to
point out to you that the information that you have on the naming
of Posey, Texas ["Walter S. Posey who was
instrumental in arranging for the railroad to have a right-of-way
through the future town."] to be incorrect.
In 1904, James B. Posey, Walter's father, and Lewis T. Lester purchased
the controlling interest in the First National Bank in Lubbock
where Walter S. Posey became the cashier. Later on, in 1908, the James
B. Posey family moved to the farm that they had purchased that was
between Lubbock
and Slaton and
built a house on what later proved to be right in the center of the
survey of the proposed railroad line right of way. The family jacked
up the house and moved it about a mile north and when the railroad
was established a switch was installed on the site of where the Posey
house had been and so it was called "Posey Switch." Later when
a community grew up around that site, the name was abreviated to "Posey."
Often erroneous information gets published as fact and, trivial as
the above correction may be, it is the true story of how Posey, Texas
was named and does not belittle all the fine accomplishments and improvements
Walter S. Posey brought about for the Lubbock area.
- Sincerely, Mrs. John E. Williams (John E. Williams is a great grandson
of James B. Posey and a great nephew of Walter S. Posey.) December
19, 2010 |
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Lubbock
County 1920s map showing
Posey along the railroad track
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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