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CAMBRIDGE, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Clay County, North Central Texas
Not Shown on Maps
3 Miles NE of Henrietta
Population: 0

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Cambridge Cemetery on private land
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009
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History on a Pinhead

Once Clay County’s center of economic activity, Cambridge developed in the early 1870s. By 1875 a post office was granted and the following year the U.S. Army installed a telegraph office here. In July of 1882 the Fort Worth and Denver Railway chose Henrietta over Cambridge and the all-too-familiar story, citizens and businesses moved to the new county seat. Cambrige’s last chance came and went when the Missouri, Kansas and Texas (KATY) Railroad decided to cross the tracks of the FW&D at Henrietta. Only the cemetery remains to mark what was once a prosperous town with limitless horizons.

Early County Seat - Cambridge Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009
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A Visit to Cambridge, Texas

Photographer's Note:
The Cambridge marker was mounted on the Clay County Courthouse wall. Tried to see the Cambridge Cemetery but it was on private property with a locked gate. - Barclay Gibson