Compliments of Wright Patman
Texarkana, Texas

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Copyrighted 1968 by Wright Patman
Cass County (pop. 24, 570)

Alamo Mills - Seven miles southwest of Bloomburg.

Postmasters Appointed:
Francis M. Duncan Oct 27, 1874
Enoch S. Harrell Feb 24, 1886
David W. Boggs Apr 10, 1890
John T. Smith Jun 20, 1890
Maurice K. Walsh May 1, 1895
Henry J. Donovan Jun 22, 1896
Alice L. Williams Jan 13, 1905
James L. Grundy Jan 25, 1908
Joseph Johnson Feb 29, 1912
Office discontinued November 15, 1913; mail ordered sent to Queen City.

Almira

Anti - Six miles east of Douglassville.

Postmaster Appointed
Answell S. Griffin Jun 7, 1888
Daniel B. Burkhalter Oct 4, 1888
Office discontinued May 22, 1889.
Office reestablished June 24, 1901
Henry L. Hicks Jun 24, 1901
Office discontinued December 15, 1904; mail ordered sent to Atlanta.

Antioch - (Pop. 40)

Atlanta - (Pop. 5,200)
Three miles south of Queen City and ten miles west of the Texas-Arkansas line. Reverend Jess Dodd named the town for Atlanta, Georgia, former home of many early settlers. Established in 1872 when the Texas and Pacific Railroad was being built, it is the principal town of Cass County.

Postmaster Appointed
Robert Lanier Jun 22, 1874
Ransom Hardy Apr 7, 1875
James B. O’Farrell Aug 14, 1876
William E. Singleton Jul 17, 1889
Lottie Anne Davis Sep 28, 1893
Joseph E. Roach Oct 1, 1897
Anna J. Roach Aug 14, 1905
Frank B. Blaydes Aug 25, 1916
Arthur H. O’Kelley Mar 31, 1922
Hunter H. McWilliams (A) Jun 3, 1933
Hunter H. McWilliams Jun 16, 1934
Mrs. Ruth C. McWilliams (A) Jan 6, 1953
William S. Clements (A) Jun 30, 1955
William S. Clements Jun 1, 1956
Sam E. Henderson Jun 10, 1960

Avinger - (Pop. 500)
Nine miles southeast of Hughes Springs in southwestern Cass County. Named for L. H. Avinger, an early settler, in 1876 when the East Line and Red River Railroad crossed the County.  Office established under name of Hickory Hill.

Hickory Hill Postmaster Appointed
Thomas M. Kimball May 17, 1848
Lewis A. Pattillo Feb 6, 1852
Office discontinued November 5, 1866.
Office reestablished April 8, 1867.
Davis L. Hendricks Apr 8, 1867
Name of office changed to Avinger, October 25, 1877.

Avinger Postmaster Appointed
Davis L. Hendricks Oct 25, 1877
Carrie C. Avinger Jan 16, 1878
Mrs. Carrie C. Hedick Jan 10, 1883
Lawrence H. Avinger Feb 27, 1884
Middleton D. Avinger Aug 27, 1886
George W. Brown Dec 13, 1899
Allison A. Edwards Mar 24, 1902
Minnie E. Cope (A) Mar 15, 1912
Lawrence H. Avinger Oct 19, 1914
Henry J. Whitworth Jan 18, 1922
Marshall L. Felker (A) Aug 29, 1933
Marshall L. Felker Jan 25, 1935
Harlan B. Pitchford (A) Apr 30, 1956
Harlan B. Pitchford Jun 1, 1956

Axine - Six miles east of Kildare.

Postmaster Appointed
William E. Hutchins Jul 3, 1915
Office discontinued January 31, 1916; mail ordered sent to Kildare.

Bankers - Five miles from Bivins in southern Cass County. Named by Texas and Pacific Railroad officials who selected it as a flag stop site.

Bivins - (Pop. 200) - Seven miles southwest of Atlanta in eastern Cass County. Named for J. K. Bivins, local sawmill operator. Office established under name of Hoxie.

Hoxie Postmaster Appointed
William F. Cobb May 26, 1881
Name of office changed to Wayne, May 11, 1883.

Wayne Postmaster Appointed
William F. Cobb May 11, 1883
Name of office changed to Bivens, November 20, 1889.

Bivens Postmaster Appointed
William F. Cobb Nov 20, 1889
Squire T. Cox Jan 28, 1890
William T. Collins Apr 1, 1891
Name of office changed to Bivins, November 10, 1894

Bivin Postmaster Appointed
Richard R. Cobb Nov 10, 1894
Alfred Stockbridge Nov 12, 1895
James W. Nelson Jun 2, 1906
Thomas E. White (A) Oct 4, 1912
Thomas E. White Jan 22, 1913
Jack Jones Oct 30, 1924
Morris Ray (A) Apr 21, 1938
Grace B. Jones (A) Jan 5, 1940
Grace B. Jones Aug 18, 1942
Mrs. Grace B. Morse (N) Jun 27, 1947
Willie R. Peacock (A) Sep 15, 1950
Willie R. Peacock Nov 1, 1951

Bloomburg   (Pop. 500) - Six miles southeast of Queen City in eastern Cass County just west of the Texas-Arkansas line. Founded in 1895 and named for an official of the Kansas City Southern Railroad.

Postmaster Appointed
Wiley J. Easters Mar 17, 1896
Rufus H. Stuckey Apr 11, 1907
Jesse A. Bentley Oct 30, 1914
Harvey J. Pettit Mar 3, 1923
Robert E. Brinkley Feb 15, 1943
Harvey L. Pettit May 1, 1946
Edward A. O’Kelley (A) Mar 3, 1961
Edward A. O’Kelley Sep 28, 1962

Bogus Springs - A rural community and local market in central Cass County.

Bryans Mill   (Pop. 100) - Seven miles northeast of Marietta in northern Cass County. Established and named by the W. C. Bryan family, operators of a mill on the site in 1880.

Postmaster Appointed
Thomas W. Stewart May 19, 1879
George Whetstone Oct 31, 1884
George W. Whetstone, Jr. Nov 20, 1884
Edgar W. King Apr 30, 1892
James P. Hogue Aug 3, 1897
Ennis C. Bryan Jul 11, 1901
Annie C. Stewart Jan 31, 1907
Mrs. Annie S. Brock (N) Mar 14, 1916
Charles C. Stringer Nov 16, 1918
Charles B. Stringer (A) Mar 8, 1920
Charles B. Stringer Apr 20, 1921
Mrs. Ina Fay Stringer (A) Apr 5, 1941
Martin G. Brock Aug 16, 1941
Horace B. Stewart (A) Apr 3, 1943
Horace B. Stewart Feb 17, 1944
Dewitt Howard May 2, 1950
Isaac L. Griffin Mar 31, 1951
Office discontinued July 15, 1954; mail ordered sent to Naples, Morris County.

Carterville   (Pop. 75) - In central Cass County. Named for a pioneer family.

Cass   (Pop. 30) - In eastern Cass County sixteen miles south of Texarkana and one mile from the Texas-Arkansas line.  Office established under name of Sheffield.

Sheffield Postmaster Appointed
James M. Short Mar 30, 1894
Name of office changed to Cass, July 23, 1896.

Cass Postmaster Appointed
William W. Stuckey Jul 23, 1896
Nathan W. Stuckey Feb 16, 1901
James M. Oliver Dec 21, 1901
James A. Addison Apr 18, 1904
Emmet H. Ball Nov 18, 1904
Charles C. Stuckey Jul 6, 1907
James M. Oliver May 27, 1909
Emmet H. Ball Nov 16, 1910
Office discontinued August 31, 1928; mail ordered sent to Bloomburg.

Centre

Postmaster Appointed
William Mosly Oct 24, 1849
Office discontinued June 25, 1852.

Cornett   (Pop. 30) - In northern Cass County four and one-half miles southeast of Marietta.

Postmaster Appointed
Osey C. Porter Sep 21, 1901
Office discontinued May 31, 1906; mail ordered sent to Naples, Morris County.

Courtland

Postmaster Appointed
Charles W. Connally Aug 19, 1856
George A. Connally May 15, 1860
Office discontinued January 23, 1867.

Culberson - Six miles west of Lanier.

Postmaster Appointed
Isaac S. Lacy Feb 13, 1883
Joseph T. Henderson Mar 2, 1892
James W. Young Mar 2, 1894
Lawrence K. Avinger Jan 9, 1897
Samuel L. Moseley Jan 16, 1899
Office discontinued May 31, 1904; mail ordered sent to Pylan, Marion County. Name of Pyland office changed to Lassater, April 13, 1909.

Curtright - Six miles west-southwest of Dalton.  Office established under name of White Sulphur Springs.

White Sulphur Springs Postmaster Appointed
John A. Bryan Jun 16, 1875
Office discontinued June 18, 1877;  Office reestablished April 17, 1878.
Alexander C. Whittie Apr 17, 1878
Gertrude Curtright Jun 6, 1879
Name of office changed to Curtright, March 2, 1887.

Curtright Postmaster Appointed
Gertrude Curtright Mar 2, 1887
Office discontinued November 17, 1890; mail ordered sent to Cusseta.

Cusseta   (Pop. 50)   - In northern Cass County seven miles west of Douglassville. Established in early 1850’s

Postmaster Appointed
John A. Heard Jun 18, 1856
Benjamin F. Miller Jul 30, 1858
James F. Woodward Mar 24, 1860
Office discontinued January 23, 1867; reestablished in Davis County on October 12, 1870.
Allen Baggett Oct 12, 1870
Office discontinued December 30, 1872.
Office reestablished in Cass County, October 23, 1874.
Henry C. Fulcher Oct 23, 1874
Tommie W. Coker Mar 3, 1913
Office discontinued June 15, 1918; mail ordered sent to Marietta.

Dalton - In northwestern Cass County five and one-half miles southwest of Bryans Mill.

Postmaster Appointed
Robert P. Creekmore Feb 22, 1875
J. Brown Jan 3, 1876
H. M. Warnell Mar 14, 1881
Hiram J. Smith Apr 4, 1881
Mrs. Lou Roundtree Aug 23, 1883
Joseph L. Jolly Nov 21, 1884
Office discontinued December 2, 1887;  Office reestablished January 30, 1897.
Willis O. Bryan Jan 30, 1897
Ennis O. Bryan Feb 23, 1899
James C. Henderson Jun 14, 1899
Bird B. Smith Jun 1, 1903
Office discontinued August 31, 1905; mail ordered sent to Naples, Morris County.

Dempsey- Two miles south of Bloomburg.

Postmaster Appointed
Andrew J. Newton Jun 22, 1874
Office discontinued November 1, 1875;  Office reestablished July 7, 1888.
Andrew J. McWilliams Jul 7, 1888
William R. Kersey Feb 26, 1889
Henry A. Endsley Mar 21, 1890
Office discontinued May 15, 1901; mail ordered sent to Bloomburg.

Domino - In northeastern Cass County in a bend of the Red River.

Doss - On a mail route from Marietta.

Douglassville   (Pop. 172) - In north central Cass County twelve miles east of Marietta. Named for John Douglass, first settler, in 1854.

Postmaster Appointed
James A. Chappell Jul 8, 1854
James C. G. R. Patton Sep 23, 1854
Josiah J. Williams Apr 1, 1856
Office discontinued November 5, 1866;  Office reestablished April 29, 1867.
Office changed into Davis County, April 29, 1867.
Caleb A. Earp Apr 29, 1867
Alfred Young May 11, 1870
Walter Reed Sep 23, 1870
Office discontinued February 1, 1871;  Office reestablished August 14, 1871.
Purnell A. Skeen Aug 14, 1871
Office changed into Cass County, date not shown.
W. D. Dennis Jun 11, 1873
John E. Jones Dec 24, 1873
John E. Morriss May 21, 1877
Linoh Mims Sep 7, 1880
Francis M. Greene Mar 5, 1883
James W. Petty Dec 17, 1888
Mattie E. Howe Jul 8, 1891
John E. McDall Mar 15, 1895
Joseph H. Snipes Apr 17, 1895
Thomas R. Heath (A) Nov 13, 1917
Thomas R. Heath Feb 21, 1918
Mrs. Willie Hunt (A) Oct 1, 1922
Mrs. Willie Hunt Mar 13, 1923
Mary Brooke Apr 2, 1924
Mrs. Mary B. Swint (N) Sep 6, 1925
Eugene E. McMillan, Jr. (A) Jan 1, 1948
Eugene E. McMillan, Jr. Aug 1, 1949
Roy D. Frost (A) Jul 1, 1954
Homer R. Granberry (A) Feb 27, 1961
Homer R. Granberry Aug 4, 1961

Fant - Two and one-half miles north of Lanier.

Postmaster Appointed
James C. Fant Jul 23, 1894
Office discontinued November 15, 1901; mail ordered sent to Linden.

Flynn - Eight miles northeast of Daingerfield, Morris County.

Postmaster Appointed
James N. Haney Mar 9, 1900
Andrew G. Wise Jan 29, 1901
James A. Terrell Nov 9, 1901
Tom W. Old Nov 28, 1902
Thomas J. Thigpen Feb 3, 1905
Office discontinued April 14, 1906; mail ordered sent to Daingerfield, Morris County.

Forrest Home - Name changed. See Springdale for details.

Galloway - Name changed. See Milner for details.

Havana

Postmaster Appointed
Daniel Cole Jan 30, 1854
Office discontinued November 5, 1866.