Fisher County, Texas, Landmarks & Vanished Communities

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Feature Name	Type	Latitude, Longitude	Description	Source
Aaron Park	park	32.846944, -100.479722		USGS
Adair Canyon	valley	32.956389, -100.599722		USGS
Afton Cemetery	cemetery	32.894167, -100.229444		USGS
Alkali Creek	stream	32.788056, -100.375000		USGS
Bernecker	pop place	32.560833, -100.561944		USGS
Bethel Church	church	32.640000, -100.549722		USGS
Bluff Creek	stream	32.517222, -100.305833		USGS
Buffalo Creek	stream	32.772778, -100.573333		USGS
Bull Creek	stream	32.634444, -100.508611		USGS
Busby	pop place	32.622778, -100.420556		USGS
Capitola	pop place	32.622222, -100.492222		USGS
Celotex	locale	32.840278, -100.179444		USGS
Center	locale	32.728056, -100.452500		USGS
China Creek	stream	32.690278, -100.194722		USGS
Claytonville	pop place	32.615000, -100.525556		USGS
Claytonville Oil Field	oilfield	32.656944, -100.485278		USGS
Coon Hollow	valley	32.781389, -100.559722		USGS
Cottonwood Creek	stream	32.787222, -100.352500		USGS
Cottonwood Creek	stream	32.533889, -100.274167		USGS
Crescent Ranch	locale	32.938889, -100.341389		USGS
Criswell Ranch	locale	32.896667, -100.652222		USGS
Cross Roads	pop place	32.798611, -100.508056		USGS
Dowell	cemetery	32.903889, -100.428889	My great-grandparents, Erastus and Lousia Bantz Dowell moved to Fisher Co. from Beatrice, Nebraska, (from Illinois before that) in the 1870's. They opened a store and post office and the town was named Dowell. My grandparents were James Franklin and Katherine Effie Bradford Dowell. They are both buried in the Bellveu Cemetery there in Fisher Co. I was not aware of a Dowell Cemetery? You mention it as a site no longer in existence. Is there a way I can find a list of who is buried there, or if it no longer exists where the graves were moved to?	Judy Fillerup colmall@msn.com
Dowell Cemetery	cemetery	32.903889, -100.428889	The cemetery is still here but the town has disappeared.	USGS
Dry Creek	stream	32.661389, -100.148611		USGS
East China Creek	stream	32.681111, -100.218611		USGS
East Cottonwood Creek	stream	32.654167, -100.459444		USGS
Eighteen Ranch	locale	32.593333, -100.542500		USGS
El Paso Church	church	32.693056, -100.396111		USGS
Eskota	pop place	32.524722, -100.246667		USGS
Fisher	pop place	32.793611, -100.389444	A farming community, has been known also as Old Fisher and as Old North Roby. It is located four and one-half miles north of Roby, Texas, on State Highway 70 at the center of Fisher County. The community developed as an idea of E. D. Strang, a native of Wisconsin, in August 1885. At that time the county was unorganized, but it was shown on maps and settlers had begun to move into the area. However, no town existed near the center of the future county. The only post office in the area to become Fisher County was located on Newman Ranch to the southeast and the only railroad station operated at Eskota on the Nolan County line. Strang saw an economic opportunity in buying land at the center of the future county, creating a town that would become the seat of government, and selling lots to newcomers. He borrowed money to buy 469 acres, platted part of the land into about 500 lots in a town he called Fisher, and began to sell the lots. A post office opened on 06 November 1885 with Strang as postmaster. Several stores, including one owned by J. V. Hulse, and a blacksmith shop began operations. J. C. Patterson created a hotel from a large tent. A Methodist church and a public school were established. Strang began a business called Fisher Printing Company to publish advertisements that promoted his town as the future county seat. Unfortunately for Strang, D. C. and M. L. Roby, ranching brothers who owned about 2,000 acres of land at the center of the county, began to garner strong support for their own yet-to-be-built town as county seat. The contest that followed placed the ranchers and cowboys who supported the Roby choice against the farmers who aligned with Strang's town of Fisher. On 20 April 1886, when the county seat election was held, the Roby brothers, who were accused of giving away town lots for votes, managed to win. The town of Roby received 67 votes and Fisher was given only 52. Although Strang's town had lost, he was able to hang on for a few years more, establishing Fisher Gin Company in 1889. However, in 1890 when his creditors foreclosed, Strang left the county. By 1889 Fisher School was part of County District No. 2 and in the 1900- 1901 term the teacher was J. T. McGee and trustees were G. T. Hilbun, W. W. Jeffers, and J. A. Young. During the sessions between 1901 and 1904 the teachers were Dura Gwyn, Jennie Hair, and Lela Smith. Trustees for that period were U. Collins, J. H. Veazey, A. H. West, E. E. Eiland, and W. W. Jeffers. In 1907 the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad [called the Katy] laid its tracks to Fisher and the names of the town, the school, and the post office were changed soon to North Roby. In the period from 1908 to 1912, teachers at North Roby were Miss Spears, Mr. Blanton, Onel Yantiz, Mrs. Onel Yantiz, Leonard Morgan, and Hutchins Carter. A railroad spur of four and one-half miles length, called Roby & Northern, began operation on 08 December 1915, connecting Roby to North Roby and the Katy railroad. In 1917 the North Roby post office closed and in 1925 North Roby School consolidated with Roby. North Roby Cemetery is located two miles east of North Roby community. Sources: James A. Schellenberg, Conflict Between Communities: American County Seat Wars (New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1987), 39-40; R. C. Crane, "Early Days in Fisher County," in West Texas Historical Association Year Book 6 (June 1930), 124-169; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 42, 44, 89; B. W. Aston, "Roby Gets a Railroad," in West Texas Historical Association Year Book 52 (1976), 71-77; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 94, 96, 125; Henry Gannett, A Gazetteer of Texas, USGS Bulletin 224 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904), 68; Fisher County Historical Commission, The First 107 Years of Fisher County History (Rotan, Texas: Shelton Press, 1983), 126-127, 274, 275; Texas Railroad Map, published by Rand McNally & Company, 1912, reprinted in Rotan Advance-Roby Star, 03 December 1992.	USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Fisher Cemetery	cemetery	32.805556, -100.380000		USGS
Fisher County	civil	32.733333, -100.416667		USGS
Fisher County Airport	airport	32.825556, -100.415278		USGS
Gannon	pop place	32.556667, -100.483056		USGS
Grady Cemetery	cemetery	32.861944, -100.615833		USGS
Hackberry Creek	stream	32.856944, -100.497222		USGS
Hamlin	pop place	32.884722, -100.126111		USGS
Highland Home Church	church	32.893056, -100.429167		USGS
Hitson	pop place	32.894444, -100.211389		USGS
Hobbs	pop place	32.781389, -100.591389		USGS
Hobbs Cemetery	cemetery	32.763333, -100.585556		USGS
Horse Hollow	valley	32.535000, -100.264722		USGS
Killion Ranch Airport	airport	32.805556, -100.183611		USGS
Kyle Spring	spring	32.768333, -100.308333		USGS
Liberty Church	church	32.635833, -100.423889		USGS
Linn Creek	stream	32.574722, -100.547500		USGS
Little Rough Creek	stream	32.946111, -100.616667		USGS
Live Oak Creek	stream	32.579167, -100.541111		USGS
Longhorn Valley	valley	32.955833, -100.609444		USGS
Longworth	pop place	32.650278, -100.345278		USGS
McCaulley	pop place	32.781944, -100.203611		USGS
Moore Lake	reservoir	32.878056, -100.151389		USGS
Mount Zion Cemetery	cemetery	32.895556, -100.290000		USGS
Newman Church	church	32.616389, -100.213056		USGS
Newman Oil Field	oilfield	32.597222, -100.295000		USGS
North Cemetery	cemetery	32.917500, -100.130278		USGS
North Roby	pop place	32.806667, -100.386667		USGS
North Roby Church	church	32.806111, -100.398889		USGS
Palava	pop place	32.577778, -100.335833		USGS
Pardue Camp	locale	32.922222, -100.230833		USGS
Peter Hill	summit	32.864722, -100.243889		USGS
Plasterco Lake	reservoir	32.850833, -100.192778		USGS
Pledger	pop place	32.758889, -100.287778		USGS
Plum Branch	stream	32.637222, -100.455000		USGS
Plum Creek	stream	32.732500, -100.256944		USGS
Poteet Canyon	valley	32.898611, -100.617778		USGS
Raven Creek	stream	32.656944, -100.139167		USGS
Raven Creek Oil Field	oilfield	32.611667, -100.163056		USGS
Red Creek	stream	32.905278, -100.524722		USGS
Reynolds	pop place	32.842778, -100.234722		USGS
Roby	pop place	32.744722, -100.377222		USGS
Roby Cemetery	cemetery	32.761944, -100.373333		USGS
Rock Creek	stream	32.511667, -100.334722		USGS
Rotan	pop place	32.851944, -100.465278		USGS
Rotan Cemetery	cemetery	32.859167, -100.440833		USGS
Rough Creek	stream	32.946667, -100.590556		USGS
Rough Draw Oil Field	oilfield	32.925000, -100.525556		USGS
Round Mountain	summit	32.543333, -100.561111		USGS
Round Mountain Cemetery	cemetery	32.548611, -100.563889		USGS
Royston	pop place	32.811667, -100.298056		USGS
Sacred Heart Church	church	32.886111, -100.264167		USGS
Sandy Creek	stream	32.758889, -100.308611		USGS
Sardis	pop place	32.755556, -100.495556		USGS
Scotts Corner	pop place	32.808889, -100.599444		USGS
Spring Canyon	valley	32.954444, -100.408889		USGS
Spring Creek	stream	32.781389, -100.554444		USGS
Sugar Loaf	summit	32.948333, -100.638056		USGS
Sweetwater Oil Field	oilfield	32.528611, -100.405833		USGS
Sylvester	pop place	32.720833, -100.253889		USGS
Sylvester Cemetery	cemetery	32.701111, -100.268056		USGS
Tige Canyon	valley	32.913889, -100.538333		USGS
West Lake	reservoir	32.875556, -100.166667		USGS
White Canyon	valley	32.971111, -100.405556		USGS