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DRESSY, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Callahan County, Texas Panhandle / Central Texas North

South of FM 2287
On the Little Pecan Bayou
about 5 miles SW of Cross Plains
SE of Baird the county seat
Population: 0

History in a Pecan Shell

There is little history for Dressy. Established sometime prior to the 1870s, it gained prominence as a ranching center and had a post office in operation from 1899 until Januaty 1912.

The population was a mere 22 people in 1903 and nothing is known about the 1930s - only that by 1940 15 people were still living there. Just after WWII the population was given as 50 - evidently the town's high-water mark. All that remains of Dressy today is the town cemetery.



Dressy TX Callahan Co post office info
Dressy TX Callahan Co 1908 Postmark
Postcard canceled with Dressy, TX 1908 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection


Callahan County TX 1907 psotal map
Callahan County 1907 postal map showing Dressy near Coleman County line
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office


TX Coleman County 1907 Postal Map
Coleman County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Take a road trip

Texas Panhandle | North Central Texas

Dressy, Texas Nearby Towns:
Baird the county seat
Cross Plains
Eastland
Coleman
See Callahan County

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