Climax Texas. (original) (raw)

A barn on CR-464
Photo courtesy Noel Kerns, September 2007

History in a Pecan Shell

In the mid 1840s a transplanted Missouri farmer named Williams Warden came to Texas and was awarded a 640 acre Peter�s Colony land grant.

It wasn�t until the mid 1890s that the community came together with a church, school, store. Commercial enterprises included a grain elevator and two cotton gins. By the middle of that decade the community had added a hotel and more importantly, a post office.

In 1901 the mail was routed through Farmersville and the Climax post office was closed.

The 2000 census counted 40 people � the same number that has been given for the previous 60 years.

Subject: Climax TX general store

I noticed you had a picture of the old General store from Climax. We just purchased the property... We plan to restore and reopen the store very soon. - Dwain Carter, November 12, 2004

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