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EBONY, TEXAS
Mills County, Texas
Hill Country
23 miles W of Goldthwaite
"Two miles at the end of a dirt road." - Jim and Lou Kinsey
Population:
0
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The
Ebony Community Center
Photo Courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, November 2004 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally called Buffalo (through 1890) the community was renamed
in 1891 after their original application for a post office was rejected.
(Texas' original Buffalo in Leon County had long had the name.)
A local cowboy named Ebony Shaw was a popular figure thereabouts and
allowed his name to be submitted. The Ebony post office opened on
January 5, 1891.
Now that the town had a place to pick up their mail and hang out,
the population grew to 35 by 1910. By 1930, Ebony was getting downright
crowed with a population that soared to 113 people. But, if people
were standing in line at the post office, it thinned out pretty fast.
The Great Depression was in full swing and soon people were leaving
to look for work. By 1940 there were only fifty Ebonites and in 1945
the post office closed. The town was nearly deserted by the 50s and
today all that is left is the building above and the local cemetery. |
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The Ebony Cemetery
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, November 2004 |
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