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1907
Young County postal map showing Proffitt
(Above "Y" in "Y-O-U-N-G",
NW of Graham)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
| History
in a Pecan Shell
Named after the ranching Proffitt family around 1862 - under the protection of
nearby Fort Belknap. John Proffitt donated
land for a church that was also a school and Masonic lodge after the Civil War.
The Proffitt post office opened in 1880. John Proffitt went into the freighting
business and in the mid 1890s he opened a store. In 1925 the post office was closed
and mail was routed through Newcastle. |
The
population remained at only fifty for decades and then increased to 125 in the
1960s. After that unexplained increase, further figures are unavailable.
A
church, cemetery and community center are all that remain of the former town.
Proffitt
is included as an entry in T. Lindsay Baker's Ghost Towns of Texas |
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