Fisher County Texas Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities

Texas Landmarks - Fisher County

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Fisher County - TXGenWeb County Index

Fisher County, Texas - Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities

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1. Scroll or use your browser "find" function to search this Index for a particular feature name or location.

2. Copy the Latitude and Longitude of your selected feature on a piece of paper for later reference. ( 311613N is 31° 16’ 13” and 0953747W is 95° 37’ 47” – drop the leading 0 )

3. Click on the name of the feature to view a map of the county. (Features submitted by other than USGS will appear immediately and no more action on you part to locate your feature.)

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Locations of creeks & streams are given at the mouth of the creek or stream, i.e. where it joins a larger stream.

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Feature Name	St	County Name	Type	Latitude Longitude	Description	Submitters Name E-mail address
Aaron Park	TX	Fisher	park	325049N 1002847W		USGS
Adair Canyon	TX	Fisher	valley	325723N 1003559W		USGS
Afton Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	325339N 1001346W		USGS
Alkali Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	324717N 1002230W		USGS
Bernecker	TX	Fisher	pop place	323339N 1003343W		USGS
Bethel Church	TX	Fisher	church	323824N 1003259W		USGS
Bluff Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323102N 1001821W		USGS
Buffalo Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	324622N 1003424W		USGS
Bull Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323804N 1003031W		USGS
Busby	TX	Fisher	pop place	323722N 1002514W		USGS
Capitola	TX	Fisher	pop place	323720N 1002932W		USGS
Celotex	TX	Fisher	locale	325025N 1001046W		USGS
Center	TX	Fisher	locale	324341N 1002709W		USGS
China Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	324125N 1001141W		USGS
Claytonville	TX	Fisher	pop place	323654N 1003132W		USGS
Claytonville Oil Field	TX	Fisher	oilfield	323925N 1002907W		USGS
Coon Hollow	TX	Fisher	valley	324653N 1003335W		USGS
Cottonwood Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	324714N 1002109W		USGS
Cottonwood Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323202N 1001627W		USGS
Crescent Ranch	TX	Fisher	locale	325620N 1002029W		USGS
Criswell Ranch	TX	Fisher	locale	325348N 1003908W		USGS
Cross Roads	TX	Fisher	pop place	324755N 1003029W		USGS
Dowell Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	325414N 1002544W	Judy Fillerup wrote: My great-grandparents, Erastus and Lousia Bantz Dowell moved to Fisher Co. from Beatrice, Nebraska (from Ilinois before that) in the 1870's. They opened a store and post office and the town was named Dowell. My grandparents were James Franklin and Katherine Effie Bradford Dowell. They are both buried in the Bellveu Cemetery there in Fisher Co. I was not aware of a Dowell Cemetery? You mention it as a site no longer in existence. Is there a way I can find a list of who is buried there, or if it no longer exists where the graves were moved to? Thank you, Judy Judy Fillerup <colmall@msn.com> American Fork, Utah County, UT - Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 03:15:26 (CDT) ------------------------------------------------------	USGS
Dry Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323941N 1000855W		USGS
East China Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	324052N 1001307W		USGS
East Cottonwood Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323915N 1002734W		USGS
Eighteen Ranch	TX	Fisher	locale	323536N 1003233W		USGS
El Paso Church	TX	Fisher	church	324135N 1002346W		USGS
Eskota	TX	Fisher	pop place	323129N 1001448W		USGS
Fisher	TX	Fisher	pop place	324737N 1002322W	A farming community, has been known also as Old Fisher and as Old North Roby. It is located four and one-half miles north of Roby, Texas, on State Highway 70 at the center of Fisher County. The community developed as an idea of E. D. Strang, a native of Wisconsin, in August 1885. At that time the county was unorganized, but it was shown on maps and settlers had begun to move into the area. However, no town existed near the center of the future county. The only post office in the area to become Fisher County was located on Newman Ranch to the southeast and the only railroad station operated at Eskota on the Nolan County line. Strang saw an economic opportunity in buying land at the center of the future county, creating a town that would become the seat of government, and selling lots to newcomers. He borrowed money to buy 469 acres, platted part of the land into about 500 lots in a town he called Fisher, and began to sell the lots. A post office opened on 06 November 1885 with Strang as postmaster. Several stores, including one owned by J. V. Hulse, and a blacksmith shop began operations. J. C. Patterson created a hotel from a large tent. A Methodist church and a public school were established. Strang began a business called Fisher Printing Company to publish advertisements that promoted his town as the future county seat. Unfortunately for Strang, D. C. and M. L. Roby, ranching brothers who owned about 2,000 acres of land at the center of the county, began to garner strong support for their own—yet to be built—town as county seat. The contest that followed placed the ranchers and cowboys who supported the Roby choice against the farmers who aligned with Strang’s town of Fisher. On 20 April 1886, when the county seat election was held, the Roby brothers, who were accused of giving away town lots for votes, managed to win. The town of Roby received 67 votes and Fisher was given only 52. Although Strang’s town had lost, he was able to hang on for a few years more, establishing Fisher Gin Company in 1889. However, in 1890 when his creditors foreclosed, Strang left the county. By 1889 Fisher School was part of County District No. 2 and in the 1900-1901 term the teacher was J. T. McGee and trustees were G. T. Hilbun, W. W. Jeffers, and J. A. Young. During the sessions between 1901 and 1904 the teachers were Dura Gwyn, Jennie Hair, and Lela Smith. Trustees for that period were U. Collins, J. H. Veazey, A. H. West, E. E. Eiland, and W. W. Jeffers. In 1907 the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad [called the Katy] laid its tracks to Fisher and the names of the town, the school, and the post office were changed soon to North Roby. In the period from 1908 to 1912, teachers at North Roby were Miss Spears, Mr. Blanton, Onel Yantiz, Mrs. Onel Yantiz, Leonard Morgan, and Hutchins Carter. A railroad spur of four and one-half miles length, called Roby & Northern, began operation on 08 December 1915, connecting Roby to North Roby and the Katy railroad. In 1917 the North Roby post office closed and in 1925 North Roby School consolidated with Roby. North Roby Cemetery is located two miles east of North Roby community. Sources: James A. Schellenberg, Conflict Between Communities: American County Seat Wars (New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1987), 39-40; R. C. Crane, “Early Days in Fisher County,” in West Texas Historical Association Year Book 6 (June 1930), 124-169; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 42, 44, 89; B. W. Aston, “Roby Gets a Railroad,” in West Texas Historical Association Year Book 52 (1976), 71-77; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 94, 96, 125; Henry Gannett, A Gazetteer of Texas, USGS Bulletin 224 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904), 68; Fisher County Historical Commission, The First 107 Years of Fisher County History (Rotan, Texas: Shelton Press, 1983), 126-127, 274, 275; Texas Railroad Map, published by Rand McNally & Company, 1912, reprinted in Rotan Advance-Roby Star, 03 December 1992.	USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Fisher Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	324820N 1002248W		USGS
Fisher County	TX	Fisher	civil	324400N 1002500W		USGS
Fisher County Airport	TX	Fisher	airport	324932N 1002455W		USGS
Gannon	TX	Fisher	pop place	323324N 1002859W		USGS
Grady Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	325143N 1003657W		USGS
Hackberry Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	325125N 1002950W		USGS
Hamlin	TX	Fisher	pop place	325305N 1000734W		USGS
Highland Home Church	TX	Fisher	church	325335N 1002545W		USGS
Hitson	TX	Fisher	pop place	325340N 1001241W		USGS
Hobbs	TX	Fisher	pop place	324653N 1003529W		USGS
Hobbs Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	324548N 1003508W		USGS
Horse Hollow	TX	Fisher	valley	323206N 1001553W		USGS
Killion Ranch Airport	TX	Fisher	airport	324820N 1001101W		USGS
Kyle Spring	TX	Fisher	spring	324606N 1001830W		USGS
Liberty Church	TX	Fisher	church	323809N 1002526W		USGS
Linn Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323429N 1003251W		USGS
Little Rough Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	325646N 1003700W		USGS
Live Oak Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323445N 1003228W		USGS
Longhorn Valley	TX	Fisher	valley	325721N 1003634W		USGS
Longworth	TX	Fisher	pop place	323901N 1002043W		USGS
McCaulley	TX	Fisher	pop place	324655N 1001213W		USGS
Moore Lake	TX	Fisher	reservoir	325241N 1000905W		USGS
Mount Zion Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	325344N 1001724W		USGS
Newman Church	TX	Fisher	church	323659N 1001247W		USGS
Newman Oil Field	TX	Fisher	oilfield	323550N 1001742W		USGS
North Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	325503N 1000749W		USGS
North Roby	TX	Fisher	pop place	324824N 1002312W		USGS
North Roby Church	TX	Fisher	church	324822N 1002356W		USGS
Palava	TX	Fisher	pop place	323440N 1002009W		USGS
Pardue Camp	TX	Fisher	locale	325520N 1001351W		USGS
Peter Hill	TX	Fisher	summit	325153N 1001438W		USGS
Plasterco Lake	TX	Fisher	reservoir	325103N 1001134W		USGS
Pledger	TX	Fisher	pop place	324532N 1001716W		USGS
Plum Branch	TX	Fisher	stream	323814N 1002718W		USGS
Plum Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	324357N 1001525W		USGS
Poteet Canyon	TX	Fisher	valley	325355N 1003704W		USGS
Raven Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323925N 1000821W		USGS
Raven Creek Oil Field	TX	Fisher	oilfield	323642N 1000947W		USGS
Red Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	325419N 1003129W		USGS
Reynolds	TX	Fisher	pop place	325034N 1001405W		USGS
Roby	TX	Fisher	pop place	324441N 1002238W		USGS
Roby Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	324543N 1002224W		USGS
Rock Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	323042N 1002005W		USGS
Rotan	TX	Fisher	pop place	325107N 1002755W		USGS
Rotan Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	325133N 1002627W		USGS
Rough Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	325648N 1003526W		USGS
Rough Draw Oil Field	TX	Fisher	oilfield	325530N 1003132W		USGS
Round Mountain	TX	Fisher	summit	323236N 1003340W		USGS
Round Mountain Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	323255N 1003350W		USGS
Royston	TX	Fisher	pop place	324842N 1001753W		USGS
Sacred Heart Church	TX	Fisher	church	325310N 1001551W		USGS
Sandy Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	324532N 1001831W		USGS
Sardis	TX	Fisher	pop place	324520N 1002944W		USGS
Scotts Corner	TX	Fisher	pop place	324832N 1003558W		USGS
Spring Canyon	TX	Fisher	valley	325716N 1002432W		USGS
Spring Creek	TX	Fisher	stream	324653N 1003316W		USGS
Sugar Loaf	TX	Fisher	summit	325654N 1003817W		USGS
Sweetwater Oil Field	TX	Fisher	oilfield	323143N 1002421W		USGS
Sylvester	TX	Fisher	pop place	324315N 1001514W		USGS
Sylvester Cemetery	TX	Fisher	cemetery	324204N 1001605W		USGS
Tige Canyon	TX	Fisher	valley	325450N 1003218W		USGS
West Lake	TX	Fisher	reservoir	325232N 1001000W		USGS
White Canyon	TX	Fisher	valley	325816N 1002420W	......................................................................................	USGS.............................................................

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15 May 2007