Delta County Texas — Welcome
Ben Franklin, Delta County, Texas
Courtesy of The Center for American History
Source:
Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-1885
T 917.54
T 312p
1884-85
page 159
Repository: The Center for American History at The University of Texas — Austin
BEN FRANKLIN — A post office in Delta county, 345 miles northeast of Austin, 10 northwest of Cooper, the county seat, and 14 southeast of Honey Grove, the nearest railroad station and banking point. It contains a flour, saw, shingle and corn mills, a Methodist church and district school. Cotton is shipped. Population, 200. Mail, tri-weekly. J. M. Vansant, postmaster.
Black & Bro, general store.
Clark W. J., restaurant.
Gowday E. V., carpenter.
Gross & Wynn, gin and saw-mill.
McCullough & Co., saloon.
Matthews J. M., blacksmith.
Mitchell Bros, restaurant.
Redfern R., drugs.
Unsell, E., general store.
Vansant, J. M. General Store.
Wynn & Donaldson, distillery.
Wynn & Edwards, cotton gin.
Wynn & Gross, saw and feed mill.
Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-1885
T 917.54
T 312p
1884-85
page 159
Repository: The Center for American History at The University of Texas — Austin
BEN FRANKLIN — A post office in Delta county, 345 miles northeast of Austin, 10 northwest of Cooper, the county seat, and 14 southeast of Honey Grove, the nearest railroad station and banking point. It contains a flour, saw, shingle and corn mills, a Methodist church and district school. Cotton is shipped. Population, 200. Mail, tri-weekly. J. M. Vansant, postmaster.
Black & Bro, general store.
Clark W. J., restaurant.
Gowday E. V., carpenter.
Gross & Wynn, gin and saw-mill.
McCullough & Co., saloon.
Matthews J. M., blacksmith.
Mitchell Bros, restaurant.
Redfern R., drugs.
Unsell, E., general store.
Vansant, J. M. General Store.
Wynn & Donaldson, distillery.
Wynn & Edwards, cotton gin.
Wynn & Gross, saw and feed mill.
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Special thanks to former County Coordinator, Dee A. Welborn, for her 19 years of service.