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ATOY, TEXAS
East Texas Ghost
Town
Cherokee County
FM 343 and near Atoy Creek
8 miles E of Rusk
22 miles SE of Jacksonville
26 miles W of Nacogdoches
Population: Unk
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History in
a Pecan Shell
First settled before (but not developed until) the Civil War, Atoy
briefly had a post office (1870-71). Although no population figures
are available, Atoy seems to have reached its high-water mark in the
1930s, when it had a school, church, store, and enough students, church-goers
and shoppers to keep them busy.
The Atoy school was merged with Rusk schools after WWII and today
the community still has three churches, a cemetery and a few residences.
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