Amy, TX
N 33° 25.418 W 095° 41.299
15S E 250039 N 3701484
A 1994 Texas Historical Marker on FM 128, southwest of Enloe and north of Cooper, notes that the town of Amy once existed in this area. Now, it belongs to the ages.
Waymark Code: WMXQNV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2018
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"Delta", in Arcadia's
Images of America series, has a map of Delta County, showing the location of this East Texas county's settlements, noting that most of them, like Amy, have left no visible sign of existence: You'll be disappointed to find no signs or businesses as you spot Jot Em Down on a map and drive there to see what you can see. The book's focus is primarily on what we have left -- Cooper, Ben Franklin, Enloe, Pecan Gap, Klondike, and Charleston have the most activity today -- and there are many old school photos from communities like Amy, Mount Joy, Race Track, Gough, Yowell, and Antioch. A c. 1915 class photo for the Amy school notes that it was built in 1890.
The historical marker reads:
In 1875 brothers David, Harrison, Madison, and Addison Hobbs left Mississippi and settled here in what was then known as the Big Creek Thicket. A settlement named Hobbs Thicket emerged and in the early 1880s the 2-room Hobbs Thicket schoolhouse was built.
Although travel over the area's muddy roads was difficult, Hobbs Thicket grew and in 1894 local store owner Robert A. Nickolson applied for a post office. The U.S. Postal Service turned down the initial name request of "Hobbs" and substituted "Amy." Nicholson was selected Amy's first postmaster.
By 1920 Amy consisted of a post office, doctor's office, telephone switchboard, general store, two churches, barber shop, blacksmith shop, and cotton gin with two large boilers fired by wood and coal. The gin burned down in 1924 and was never rebuilt.
The cotton gin's closing precipitated a steady decline in the town. In 1928 the school merged with the nearby Mulberry School System, and in the 1950s Amy's last remaining church and general store closed.
For many years after the town of Amy no longer existed a number of its former residents and their relatives continued a tradition established about 1920 of gathering together for homecoming activities.