Cundiff, Texas. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

Named to honor early settler Harrell Cundiff, the town was first settled in the mid-1850s. Indian raids and the threat of Indian raids caused residents to flee and it wasn't until the mid 1870s, that people started to return. A permanent townsite was established when a man named Walker Moore broke up his property and platted a townsite in the early 1890s.

Cundiff's post office was in operation from 1891 to 1918. The community also had four stores and a school along with a blacksmith and gin.

From 1940 to1988 the town's population figure was estimated to be 50 Cundiffites. It has since decreased to the 2000 estimate of 45.

The volunteer fire department in Cundiff
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2005

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