Pelham, Texas. (original) (raw)

Pelham Tx - Community Center

History in a Pecan Shell

Pelham dates from 1866 when it was first called �Forks of the Creek.� Settled by recently freed slaves, it received a post office in 1900 and at that time it was renamed Pelham, for the town in Alabama,which just happened to be the hometown of the postmaster�s wife.

From the mid 1890s through the 1920s, Pelham benefited from the numerous local oil discoveries and reached a population high of 350 (1926). Ten years later almost everyone had left in search of work, leaving behind only twenty-five residents.

Population estimates from the 1960s through 1990 have remained at seventy-five.

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Pelham Historical Marker
Pelham Churches & Historical Marker
Pelham Cemeteries & Historical Marker
Pelham School Historical Marker

Pelham Tx - Methodist Church

Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2013

Pelham Tx - Wesley Chapel Methodist Church historical Marker

Pelham Tx - Union Baptist Church

Pelham Tx - Brown Chapel

Pelham Tx - Community Museum

Pelham Tx - School Historical Marker

Pelham Tx - School Display

TX - Pelham Community Historica Marker

Pelham Community Historica Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2013

Pelham Tx - Cemetery Entry

TX - Pelham Cemetery Historical Marker

Pelham Cemetery Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2013

TX - Pelham Cemetery

TX - Pelham Cemetery gate

Pelham Tx - Road Sign

Pelham Tx Welcome Sign

"Welcome to Pelham A Historical Community"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2013

Navarro County 1907 postal map showing Pelham
(W of Corsicana. Below "N" in "NAVARRO")
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

TE's 2900th town, September 3, 2013

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