Edison, Texas, Zavalla County ghost town. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

The "town" of Edison was established on the Holdsworth Ranch near Tortuga Creek. A one-teacher school was built on the ranch around 1906 and nineteen students reportedly attended classes there. The school was known as the Edison School, Tortuga School, or the West Loma Vista School.

A post office under the name Edison was opened in 1907 but the town was abandoned by the mid-1920s.

Zavalla County 1907 postal map showing Edison
when Batesville was the county seat
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Zavalla County 1920s Map - Edison no longer appears
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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