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Fisher County, Texas

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Landmarks & Vanished Communities

This index preserves the TXGenWeb collection of named places, geographic features, historic sites, and vanished communities associated with Fisher County, Texas.

About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County, Texas

Research  ›  Texas Landmarks  ›  Fisher County

Fisher County Places

Landmarks & Vanished Communities

This index preserves the TXGenWeb collection of named places, geographic features, historic sites, and vanished communities associated with Fisher County, Texas.

About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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About the coordinates: The USGS no longer maintains the GNIS database links formerly used by this collection. Copy and paste a latitude/longitude pair into a modern map service to view the location. Older coordinates may reflect NAD27 rather than NAD83, so some points can appear slightly displaced.
Fisher County Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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

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