GRADY, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Fisher County, Texas Panhandle / West Texas

FM 3205
About 8 Miles W of Rotan
NW of Roby the county seat
Population: 0

Grady, Texas Area Hotels:
Abilene Hotels | Sweetwater Hotels

Grady Cemetery
Photo courtesy Dustin Martin, August 2017

History in a Pecan Shell

Settled in 1888, the community had a post office granted two years later. The town’s namesake was orator and journalist Henry W. Grady. In the mid 1890s, Grady had only ten residents, supported by a store, flour mill and cotton gin.

The post office closed its doors in 1902 but the school managed to stay open for several years (finally merging with Hobbs School in 1924). Grady today is remembered only by its small cemetery.

Henry Grady in 1890
Photo courtesy Wikipedia commons

Cover canceled with Grady TX 1891 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

Fisher County 1940s map showing Rotan & Roby
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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