Compliments of Wright Patman
Texarkana, Texas

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

 
Haw Grove

Postmaster Appointed
Thomas M. Harton Jun 25, 1860
Office discontinued November 5, 1866

Hermitage - Seven and one-half miles north of Hughes Springs. A rural community in western Cass County.

Postmaster Appointed
John B. Henderson Nov 12, 1860
Office discontinued November 5, 1886; reestablished February 8, 1877.
John B. Henderson Feb 8, 1877
Mrs. Sindonia J. Henderson Nov 12, 1883
Hardy H. Hinton Apr 1, 1887
William P. Harrell Mar 26, 1896
R. E. Ligon Jan 19, 1899
Thomas J. Crow May 19, 1899
Office discontinued July 30, 1904; mail ordered sent to Hughes Springs.

Hickory Hill - Name changed. See Avinger for details.

Hoxie - Name changed. See Bivins for details.

Huppins - (Pop. 100) - Four miles east of Bivins in eastern Cass County.

Postmaster Appointed
James S. McConnell Mar 17, 1881
William B. Cloninger Dec 28, 1893
Louisa A. Davis Aug 3, 1895
Office discontinued November 12, 1895; reestablished March 25, 1896.
Callie E. Woodroff Mar 25, 1896
John C. Sheppard Nov 4, 1896
Noble B. Tolleson Jan 19, 1899
Robert O. Sheppard Jan 30, 1902
Charles F. Sheppard Jan 14, 1903
Office discontinued June 15, 1905; mail ordered sent to Bivins.

Hughes Springs - (Pop. 1,823) - Six miles southeast of Daingerfield in southwestern Cass County. Named for Reece Hughes who established his headquarters at a mineral spring on a tributary of Black Cypress Creek in 1839.

Postmaster Appointed
John F. Jones Oct 30, 1878
William Edwards Mar 14, 1883
John B. Price Apr 18, 1893
Henry D. Whitaker Jul 25, 1896
John J. Bartlett Apr 5, 1898
W. D. Daniel May 22, 1913
Joe H. Hailey Feb 6, 1922
Christopher H. Callaway (A) Aug 6, 1934
Balda J. McMillan (A) Jun 4, 1934
Balda J. McMillan Jul 3, 1935
Billy M. Traylor (A) Mar 31, 1951
Billy M. Traylor Sep 30, 1951

Hughs

Postmaster Appointed
William D. Hughes Mar 8, 1847
Office discontinued November 5, 1849.

Jaybart - Three miles southeast of Milner.

Postmaster Appointed
Frank A. Crawford Apr 21, 1886
Office discontinued June 19, 1886; mail ordered sent to Atlanta.

Jones Chapel

Postmaster Appointed
Frank A. Crawford Apr 21, 1886
Office discontinued June 19, 1886; mail ordered sent to Atlanta.

Joy - Named for his grandchild by Weill Grogan who established a lumber mill here in 1933.\\

Jumbo - Five miles east of Queen City.

Postmaster Appointed
George H Hobby Oct 17, 1883
Thomas Bl Hinkle Feb 4, 1884
Joe Fuqua Sep 23, 1884
Office discontinued November 11, 1884; mail ordered sent to Atlanta.

Kildare - (Pop. 100) - Six miles south of Bibins in southern Cass County. Named for an official of the Texas and Pacific railroad.

Postmaster Appointed
Clement C. Gallaway Jun 24, 1874
R. Moore Gallaway Jul 30, 1898
Thomas W. Conerly Jan 28, 1891
Clement C. Gallaway Apr 24, 1893
Nevada K. Sauls Oct 9, 1896
Elmo C. Evans Nov 9, 1906
Carl R. Snelgrove Nov 20, 1920
Leslie W. Jaynes Jan 23, 1922
Leslie W. Jaynes, Jr. (A) Jul 20, 1938
Charles M. Nelson Nov 7, 1938
Gorman Moore (A) Apr 1, 1945
Gorman Moore Aug 18, 1947

King’s Farm - Three and one-half miles east of Bryans Mill.

Postmaster Appointed
Henry B. King Aug 6, 1887
Owen E. Griffin Apr 6, 1900
Office discontinued October 14, 1903; mail ordered sent to Bryans Mill.

Lanark - In eastern Cass County. Established in 1872 with the building of the Texas and Pacific Railroad through the area, it lost its early population to Atlanta and Queen City because of insufficient proof of title location.

Lanier - (Pop. 40) - Five and one-fourth miles south of Linden in southern Cass County. Named by an early settler for his Georgia home. Residents moved to the present location when the railroad in 1903 missed the townsite by three miles.

Postmaster Appointed
Alexander W. collins Nov 3, 1873
William C. Walker Dec 19, 1876
John C. Walker Jan 21, 1889
Edward W. Fant Jun 17, 1893
Office discontinued April 30, 1904; reestablished December 6, 1913.
Robert E. L. Fant Dec 6, 1913
Gary B. Fant Jan 15, 1916
Office discontinued July 31, 1929; mail ordered sent to Linden.

Linden - (Pop. 1,800) - Five miles north of Lanier. Major Wood laid out the townsite and named it for his former home in Tennessee. Established as county seat in 1852 when a redivision of territory made Jefferson, first county seat, part of Marion County.

Postmaster Appointed
Ward Taylor, Jr. May 25, 1852
Thomas J. Foster Dec 9, 1852
John B. Ligon Apr 14, 1853
Fielding Spell Jan 31, 1855
John W. Moore Jul 10, 1855
Andrew J. Oliver May 14, 1860
Office changed into Davis County, August 6, 1866.
Henry Peebles Aug 6, 1866
John Stewart Apr 4, 1867
Andrew J. Nelson Jul 14, 1872
Office changed back into Cass County, June 12, 1873.
John C. Hutcherson Jun 12, 1873
John T. Bass Nov 12, 1873
Robert G. McKissack Feb 3, 1874
Reuben A. Morris Feb 27, 1877
Charles A. Kesscher Aug 10, 1889
John S. Morris Aug 10, 1893
William G. Harrington Aug 3, 1897
Jessie Amy Feb 13, 1899
George T. Bartlett Apr 18, 1901
Walter C. Blalock Jan 22, 1915
Carl F. Kluge (A) Jun 30, 1923
Carl F. Kluge Dec 19, 1923
Mrs. Bobbie Kluge (A) May 17, 1926
Mrs. Bobbie Kluge Dec 11, 1926
Ralph W. Ford (A) Jan 16, 1935
Ralph W. Ford Oct 1, 1935
Sam L. Henderson (A) Nov 14, 1939
Sam L. Henderson Nov 16, 1940
Norris L. Stanley (A) Mar 1, 1949
Norris L. Stanley Oct 1, 1949
Fred F. Hall (A) Mar 15, 1952
Earl B. Bennett (A) Jun 15, 1953
Samuel J. Morse, Jr. (A) Oct 30, 1959
Samuel J. Morse, Jr. Aug 18, 1961

Luanna - Six miles from Linden in central Cass County. A sawmill site in early 1900’s.

McLeod - (Pop. 75) - Twelve miles southeast of Bivins in eastern Cass County two miles west of the Texas Arkansas line. Named in honor of the J. B. McLeod family, owners of land on which townsite is located.

Postmaster Appointed
Arthur I. Tolleson May 12, 1937
Arthur I. Tolleson Sep 30, 1945

Marietta - (Pop. 185) - Six miles southwest of Bryans Mill in northwestern Cass County. Named for Mrs. Marietta Wommack, wife of early settler Newt Wommack, when it became a post office in early 1880’s. Originally called Oak Ridge.

Postmaster Appointed
Robert M. Wommack Apr 5, 1880
James M. Wommack Feb 16, 1883
Office discontinued November 5, 1883; reestablished December 12, 1883.
James M. Wommack Dec 12, 1883
Robert I. Thompson Jan 30, 1907
Fletcher Perkins Oct 23, 1907
William A. Harty Jun 24, 1909
Mrs. Dixie R. Harris (A) Feb 28, 1950
Rex L. Harris (A) Aug 31, 1951
Rex L. Harris Dec 31, 1951
Mrs. Iwane B. McCoy (A) Nov 24, 1961
Ted F. Robinson (A) Nov 30, 1962
Red F. Robinson Apr 10, 1964

Milner - Ten miles northwest of Linden. Named for William J. Milner, pioneer settler. When the town was missed by the railroad, it failed to grow and the area reverted to agriculture.  Office established under name of Galloway.

Milner Postmaster Appointed
William J. Galloway Jan 17, 1882
Name of office changed to Gallaway, November 6, 1883.

Gallaway Postmaster Appointed
William J. Gallaway Nov 6, 1883
Daniel Boon Apr 9, 1886
Name of office changed to Milner, January 17, 1891.

Milner Postmaster Appointed
Daniel Boon Jan 17, 1891
Jeff D. Boon Jan 21, 1896
William W. Womack May 14, 1903
Office discontinued December 15, 1904; mail ordered sent to Linden.

Munz - In northern Cass County three miles south-southeast of Bryans Mill.

Postmaster Appointed
Edgar W. King Jul 10, 1905
Office discontinued January 31, 1908; mail ordered sent to Marietta.

Nickleberry - In western Cass County on a mail route from Marietta.

Oak Ridge - Name changed. See Marietta for details.

O’Farrell - (Pop. 20) - A lumbering community eight miles southwest of Douglassville. Office established under name of O’Ferrall.

O'Farrall Postmaster Appointed
James A. Duncan Jul 10, 1886
Name of office changed to O’Farrell, August 6, 1886.

O'Farrell Postmaster Appointed
Jesse A. Duncan Aug 6, 1886
William S. Thompson May 10, 1887
David W. Perkins May 23, 1894
Thomas H. Tate Dec 23, 1901
Office discontinued February 28, 1905; mail ordered sent to Atlanta.

Patman’s Switch - Four miles southeast of Hughes Springs in western Cass County. A rural community named for an early settler.

Postmaster Appointed
John W. Fite Dec 20, 1901
Office discontinued November 29, 1902; mail ordered sent to Hughes Springs.

Point Monterey

Postmaster Appointed
Norphlet Gupton Aug 16, 1851
Ethelbert C. Crutcher May 22, 1852
Norphlet Gupton Dec 26, 1854
Norphlet Gupton Mar 13, 1862
Office discontinued January 23, 1867.

Pruett - In southern Cass County near the Marion County line. Named for Robert A. Pruett, an early settler. Mail is delivered from Jefferson.

Queen City - (Pop. 1,080) - In eastern Cass County three miles north of Atlanta. On June 7, 1876 there was a big picnic and auction sale of town lots. Following the sale, a name for the place was discussed. F. C. Hutchinson suggested "Queen City" and it was adopted. A shipping point and retail center, the town was established in 1877 as the center of an iron ore district. Population dwindled after the iron works were abandoned due to the inadequacy of the ore.

Office established under the name of Atlanta.

Atlanta Postmaster Appointed
George H. Salmon Nov 13, 1871
Henry L. Ray Sep 18, 1873
Name of office changed to Lanark, December 15, 1873.

Lanark Postmaster Appointed
Calisto S. Woodward Dec 15, 1873
Name of office changed to Queen City, January 2, 1877.

Queen City Postmaster Appointed
John C. Hutchinson Jan 2, 1877
Joseph E. Roach Apr 10, 1890
John J. Wickham Sep 2, 1891
Orpha T. Boney Aug 11, 1893
Sidney Smith Feb 4, 1895
Emma Carroll Aug 5, 1896
William C. Powell Nov 28, 1898
Lillie B. Powell Nov 12, 1914
Robert E. Jackson Jan 26, 1921
Howard F. McWilliams (A) Dec 17, 1925
Howard F. McWilliams Apr 28, 1926
Mrs. Sarah O. Beaver Aug 6, 1934
Leslie P. Griffin (A) Jun 30, 1962

Red Hill - (Pop. 40) - Four miles south of Douglassville. Established in the early 1880’s. Named for its location on the claybank of South Frazier Creek.

Postmaster Appointed
John B. Henderson Mar 29, 1878
William Lambert May 5, 1884
Mrs. Belle Heldt Jul 18, 1884
John B. Henderson Oct 2, 1885
Office discontinued April 29, 1886;  Office reestablished June 9, 1886.
John B. Henderson Jun 9, 1886
Office discontinued September 14, 1905; mail ordered sent to Douglassville.

Roach - Seven miles west of Atlanta.

Postmaster Appointed
James A. O’Rear Feb 16, 1898
Office discontinued December 31, 1904; mail ordered sent to Atlanta.

Sardis - Seven miles east of Hughes Springs.

Postmaster Appointed
Hamilton C. Purdom Dec 15, 1876
A. G. Strickland Mar 5, 1883
Martin A. B. Cameron Apr 2, 1883
Augustus G. Strickland Nov 16, 1885
William W. Shelton Apr 18, 1900
Office discontinued January 14, 1904; mail ordered sent to Hughes Springs.

Sauls - Seven miles east of Kildare.

Postmaster Appointed
Annie E. Nelson Jun 27, 1902
Office discontinued December 31, 1908; mail ordered sent to Kildare.

Sheffield - Name changed. See Cass for details.

Springdale - (Pop. 25) - Six miles north of Queen City in eastern Cass County. Named for its location in a dale in which there are a number of springs. (Hang on, this one is gonna be a doozie, gm)  Office established under name of Forrest Home.

Forrest Home Postmaster Appointed
John W. Moore Jan 15, 1850
Name of office changed to Forest Home; exact date not shown.

Forest Home Postmaster Appointed
David H. Moores Aug 11, 1853
Uriah Baron Sep 22, 1857
Dempsey Connelly May 5, 1859
William Barginier Jan 30, 1860
Office discontinued January 31, 1861; reestablished February 4, 1861.
Uriah Barron Feb 4, 1861
Office discontinued November 5, 1866; reestablished May 25, 1877.
James I. Myers May 25, 1877
Name of office changed to Springdale, February 18, 1879.

Springdale Postmaster Appointed
Daniel W. Sanford Feb 18, 1879
Name of office changed back to Forrest Home, March 17, 1879.

Forrest Home Postmaster Appointed
John McAneny Mar 17, 1879
William J. Wickham Sep 16, 1879
Dennis W. Ray Jun 2, 1882
W. B. Kizer Jan 2, 1883
Name of office changed back to Springdale, April 9, 1883.

Springdale Postmaster Appointed
Joel B. Kizer Apr 9, 1883
Adoniram J. Kizer Aug 4, 1887
James H. Patterson Aug 20, 1890
Joseph F. Richard Apr 19, 1893
Office discontinued April 30, 1938; mail ordered sent to Queen City. (Whew!)

Tenark - In northeastern Cass County on a mail route from Queen City. A farming and school district with a station on the Texas and Pacific Railroad.

Unionville - Two miles west of Dalton.

Postmaster Appointed
John B. Thompson Feb 8, 1851
William S. Otts Dec 1, 1851
Office discontinued July 26, 1852; reestablished October 16, 1852.
Harry A. Moore Oct 16, 1852
Thomas H. Roundtree Feb 26, 1857
Henry A. Moore Jan 13, 1858
Francis M. Lee Feb 28, 1861
Office discontinued November 5, 1866; reestablished February 8, 1877.
John R. Paver Feb 8, 1877
Emma S. Faver Jun 24, 1878
Office discontinued July 21, 1879.

Viola - Fifteen miles southeast of Atlanta.

Postmaster Appointed
James M. Smith Apr 22, 1879
William E. Cobb Mar 13, 1883
John B. Nelson Dec 3, 1883
James E. George Dec 22, 1884
James K. Morse Feb 6, 1896
Sallie R. McDuff May 27, 1903
Office discontinued June 15, 1905; mail ordered sent to Bivins.

Wayne - In eastern Cass County. A rural community that is a stop on the Texas and Pacific Railroad five miles south of Atlanta. Established as a townsite in 1872, the village failed to develop.

White Sulphur Springs - Name changed. See Curtright for details.

Wiggins - A farming community that is located on a mail route from Bivins.

Wrays - In central Cass County on a mail route from Linden. Wrays or Wrays Store was the site of a sawmill in operation in the late 1800’s.