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TOOMEY, TEXAS


Shelby County, East Texas

About 9 Miles SW of Center the county seat
4 miles SE of Rainsville
Population: Between Zero to Unknown

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History in a Pecan Shell

Named for Parson Toomey, the community briefly (1894-1907) had its own post office. Evidently little to nothing happened here for the first half of the 20th Century and the town only had a mere 30 residents by the end of WWII.

Things have gotten worse for Toomey, Texas and it lost its status as a named community by the late 1980s. Its name now appears only on old maps and perhaps as a postmark on crumbling brown envelopes.

Shelby  County TX 1907 postal map
1907 postal map showing Toomey in E Shelby County
SW of Center
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Toomey, Texas Nearby Towns:
Center the county seat
San Augustine
Nacogdoches
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