The Tankersley Community or Fickling Community was a group of farms located one mile west of Proffitt, near FM 578.

There was a one-room school at the community.

• The first school was located near the north boundary line of the Texas Emigration & Land Company Survey #756.
• The last school was about 2 miles west of Proffitt, near the east boundary line of the T, E & L Survey, A-768.
  
  Nothing remains of the community today.