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History
in a Pecan Shell Settled
in the 1870s, Viola was named after the daughter of William Cobb, gristmill and
cotton gin operator. The community was granted a post office in 1879. It had a
population of 60 in the mid 1880s with one store and four different churches.
The population peaked in 1896 with 75 residents, but it started into a irreversible
decline thereafter. In 1905 the post office closed and by the time the Great Depression
arrived, Viola was already a ghost. |
1907 Cass County postal map showing Viola
(SE of Linden
& Atlanta.
Under second "S"
in C-A-S-S", near Louisiana state line)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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