Gazelle, Texas. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

The community was granted a post office in 1893 with the postmaster submitting the name - said to honor his friend, a conductor on the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad. The post office closed in 1902, reopened the following year and closed for good later that year.

Postmaster Richerson moved near Hulver and took the Gazelle post office with him. Since the post office operated in Richerson's home, when a member of the family came down with smallpox, people were afraid to collect their mail. Richerson fumigated the postal boxes and equipment and sent them back to Washington, thereby erasing the existence of Gazelle.

Hall County 1920s map showing Parnell
(SW of Memphis. Above "A" in "H-A-L-L")
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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