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History in a Pecan
Shell
Edith had its beginnings in the 1880s, gaining its official
name with the opening of a post office in 1890. The namesake was a woman from
Ballinger named Edith Bonsall,
although the reason for the honor is not currently available.
The town
suffered the fate of many towns whose proximity to the county seat doomed them
from developing their own separate economy. By 1955 the Edith post office closed
its doors. A single business stayed open to serve the estimated 25 residents,
but by the 1970s, Edith had been abandoned, leaving only the Edith cemetery.
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