Foard County, Texas, Landmarks & Vanished Communities

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Feature Name	Type	Latitude, Longitude	Description	Source
Blacks Branch Creek	stream	34.094444, -099.743056		USGS
Blue Hole Creek	stream	33.961111, -099.937778		USGS
Boiling Spring	spring	33.982222, -099.954444		USGS
Bowley Canyon	valley	34.067778, -099.848889		USGS
Canal Creek	stream	34.091667, -099.775833		USGS
Canal Creek Oil Field	oilfield	34.081667, -099.874167		USGS
Cedar Creek	stream	34.086111, -099.802778		USGS
Coon Hollow Creek	stream	33.938889, -100.047500		USGS
Crowell	pop place	33.983889, -099.724444		USGS
Crowell Cemetery	cemetery	33.969444, -099.717778		USGS
Crowell Water Supply	locale	34.071944, -099.620833		USGS
Dixie Mound	summit	33.963333, -099.806111		USGS
Foard City	pop place	33.880833, -099.799444		USGS
Foard County	civil	33.966667, -099.766667		USGS
Foard County Airport	airport	33.979167, -099.712778		USGS
Half Circle Creek	stream	34.071667, -099.816944		USGS
Halsell Ranch	locale	33.853056, -099.650000		USGS
Historical Marker	park	34.065833, -099.618056		USGS
Historical Marker	park	34.066389, -099.599167		USGS
K Camp	locale	33.864167, -099.567222		USGS
Little Good Creek	stream	33.913889, -099.912778		USGS
Mare Pasture Tank	reservoir	33.876389, -099.583056		USGS
Margaret	pop place	34.049444, -099.650833		USGS
Margaret Cemetery	cemetery	34.076944, -099.611111		USGS
Marys Peak	summit	34.077500, -100.029167		USGS
Middle Beaver Creek	stream	33.905278, -099.529722		USGS
Mud Dauber Creek	stream	34.097778, -099.835556		USGS
Mule Creek	stream	34.065556, -099.578333		USGS
North Fork Pens	locale	33.811944, -099.506944		USGS
Oil Well Windmill	locale	34.055556, -100.041944		USGS
Pen Windmill	locale	34.162778, -100.016389		USGS
Polk Hole Windmill	locale	34.055000, -100.021389		USGS
Raggedy Creek	stream	34.092778, -099.695278		USGS
Raspberry Oil Field	oilfield	34.032778, -099.895556		USGS
Rayland	pop place	34.064444, -099.481389		USGS
Reservoir Windmill	locale	34.077778, -100.045833		USGS
Slay Camp	locale	33.953889, -099.495556		USGS
Sloans Springs Canyon	valley	34.067500, -099.818889		USGS
Spring Creek	stream	34.170833, -099.971111		USGS
Sugarloaf Mountain	summit	34.046111, -099.807778		USGS
Teacup Mountain	summit	34.065833, -099.841667		USGS
Thalia	pop place	33.984722, -099.537500	Thalia, Texas, a declining populated place, is located 11 miles east of Crowell, Texas, on Paradise Creek, U. S. Highway 70, and Farm Road 262 in east central Foard County. At the end of the nineteenth century when this farming and ranching community was still a part of Hardeman County, it was named Paradise for the nearby creek. When a post office was petitioned for the community, the postal service rejected Paradise as a name and suggested instead a Latin word that means "blooming or luxuriant." Thalia, the Latin word, referred to one of the nine muses - the one inspiring comedy and pastoral poetry. The post office at Thalia, Hardeman County, opened on 03 March 1890. In 1891 the area around Thalia was included in the territory that became Foard County. In 1911 Thalia reported one business, but from 1925 through 1927 it had no business to serve its population of 50. By 1929 production was begun in Thalia Oil Field, just north of the town, and population increased to its all-time record of 700. In 1930 a high school was built to improve the public school system. In 1931 seventeen businesses catered to a population of 500. Unfortunately, the oil boom was not long-lasting and the effects of the Great Depression seize the small town by the mid-1930s, when the number of businesses declined to 13 and population to 50. With the coming of World War II, population rose again to 200 and remained there through 1948, but the high school closed in 1943. Through the 1950s Thalia lost population and businesses, closing the decade with four businesses and 180 residents. Although the post office closed on 01 November 1957, the town had an accredited public school system and several Protestant churches in the 1950s. The decade of the 1960s ended with five businesses and 104 in population. During the 1970s Thalia witnessed a closing of businesses until only one remained, but population was still reported at 104. Although the population figure of 104 was continuously reported throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the last business closed by 1992. Thalia was the scene for Larry McMurty's 1966 novel, The Last Picture Show. Thalia Cemetery is located 1.5 miles north of town on Farm Road 262. Sources: Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Foard County, revised 01 January 1987; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 147; Fred Tarpley, 1000 Texas Places Names (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980), 205; William R. Hunt, "Thalia, Texas," in The New Handbook of Texas, Vol. 6 (Austin: TSHA, 1996), 454; Genevieve Charlsie Fergeson, "Thalia, Texas," in The Handbook of Texas, Vol. 2 (Austin: TSHA, 1952), 769; 1911 Texas Almanac, 104; 1925 Texas Almanac, 66; 1929-30 Texas Almanac, 61; 1931-32 Texas Almanac, 150; 1933-34 Texas Almanac, 67; 1936-37 Texas Almanac, 147; 1941-42 Texas Almanac, 130; 1943-44 Texas Almanac, 84; 1945-1946 Texas Almanac, 127; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, 147; 1949-1950 Texas Almanac, 120; 1958-1959 Texas Almanac, 127; 1968-1969 Texas Almanac, 189; 1978-1979 Texas Almanac, 206; 1988-1989 Texas Almanac, 300; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 316.	USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Thalia Cemetery	cemetery	34.010556, -099.547778		USGS
Three-Quarter Tank	reservoir	33.879167, -099.579167		USGS
West Camp	locale	33.829444, -099.733611		USGS
Y L Ranch	locale	34.153889, -100.035000		USGS
Y Ranch	locale	33.923333, -100.045000		USGS