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Fannin County TX
Fannin County

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BAILEY, TEXAS

Fannin County, Central Texas North / East Texas

33°26'3"N 96°9'55"W (33.434279, -96.165364)

TX Hwy 11 and TX Hwy 78
10 miles S of Bonham the county seat
7 miles NE of Wolfe City
15 miles NW of Whitewright
6 miles NE of Leonard.
N of Greenville
ZIP code 75413
Area code 903
Population: 305 Est. (2019)
289 (2010) 213 (2000)

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Bailey  Texas water tower
Photos courtesy Mike Price, September 2007
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History in a Pecan Shell

Bailey dates from the 1850s, when the slightly rolling but extremely rich soil attracted cotton and corn farmers.

Unlike most towns in Texas that were named to honor an individual person or took the name of the first settler, this town had a rivalry between two physicians. Doctor A. J. Ray and Doctor Josiah S. Bailey both wanted the town named after them, but before it came to bloodshed, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway settled the matter by taking the right-of-way offered by Bailey (in 1885). The town was granted a post office in 1887. Bailey had a population of 300 by 1900 along with most essential businesses and an early “picture show.”

Bailey reached its high-water mark in the mid 1920s with 350 people.

The population declined during the Depression and WWII and by the mid-1950s it was down to just under 200. Bailey remains agricultural although cotton and corn have long since given way to cattle raising and small grain cultivation.

Bailey had 220 residents in the late 1980s which has since declined to the present 213.

First   Baptist Church of Bailey, Texas
First Baptist Church of Bailey
Photo courtesy Mike Price, September 2007
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First   Baptist Church of Bailey marker, Texas
First Baptist Church of Bailey Historical Marker
Photos courtesy Mike Price, September 2007


Bailey  Texas gas station
Gas station
Photos courtesy Mike Price, September 2007
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Central Texas North / East Texas

Bailey, Texas Nearby Towns:
Bonham | Greenville | Sherman | Honey Grove | Paris
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