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The Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, 2004 |
by Mike
Cox ("Texas
Tales" Column)
Born on July 29, 1833 in Mississippi, [Thomas Jefferson] Priddy and
his family eventually settled in Brown
County. In 1886, the Priddys moved to northeastern Mills
County, which had been cut from Brown County. Soon a little community
grew near their farm. When it came time to petition Washington for
a post office, the new town adopted his name and on March 31, 1891,
the federal government approved Priddy as Priddy's first postmaster.
Four years later, the Priddy Post Office was discontinued, with its
records moved to Indian
Gap in Hamilton
County. In 1899, the government re-established the Priddy post
office and it's been in service ever since.
Priddy never boomed, but it's held its own over the years. It reached
its peak population in 1980, stayed the same in 1990, and dropped
slightly in 2000. For years it had a school, cotton gin, general store
and a bank. Today Priddy's down to a school, a feed store, an auto
shop and a general store... more |
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Priddy
School
Photo courtesy Jason Penney |
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The
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Photo courtesy Jason Penney |
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Stand
pipe in Priddy
Photo courtesy Jason Penney |
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Priddy
Post Office 76870
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey |
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Priddy's "Welcome" sign
Photo courtesy Jason Penney |
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The
church's cornerstone 1889
Photo courtesy Jason Penney |
Mills
County 1920s map showing Priddy
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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