MAXEY, TEXAS

Lamar County, North Central Texas / East Texas

FM 38
14 Miles W of Paris the county seat
Population: 55 (2000, 1990)

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Maxey Community Center
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, 2010

History in a Pecan Shell

First settled prior to the Civil War, a post office was granted to the fledgling community in 1880. The post office had requested the name Nixon, for a local resident that had served in the Civil War under General Samuel Bell Maxey. But the name Nixon had been taken (Gonzales County) so the would-be honoree Nixon and others chose the name of Nixon’s commander (and U.S. Senator) Maxey.

The town seemed to escape the familiar curse of being too close to the county seat to grow. In the mid 1890s, it had a respectable population of 250.

But by 1914 the population had fallen to a mere 50 residents. It had grown to 75 by the mid 1920s, but with the onset of the Great Depression, the post office closed and the population fell into the 40s in the 1960s.

It reported 55 for both the 1990 census and the 2000 census.

Maxey City Limit
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, 2010

A store in Maxey
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, 2010

1940s Lamar County map showing Maxey
W of Paris
near Fannin County line
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Maxey, Texas Nearby Towns:
Paris the county seat
Honey Grove | Bonham

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