CRYER CREEK
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NAME: Cryer creek COUNTY: Navarro ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: Tempreture is mild in winter and hot in summer. BEST TIME TO VISIT: The best time to visit would be in milder seasons. |
COMMENTS:
It is located at the intersection of f.m. 1126 and 2930, four miles north of Barry, Tx. Cryer Creek took its name from anearby creek. Settlers thought a fall in the stream sounded like a woman crying. REMAINS: There is not to much to see except for a cemetery, and an old building that was once a grocery store. |
| The site was first settled in 1854 by Wm. Melton, who before 1855 was joined by a number of other settlers. Dock Garlington and Wilt Stokes opened a general store there in 1878; this store still existed in 1962, when it was run by Minnie Garlington Walker. In 1879 Bud Conger opened the Cryer Creek post office, which was moved to Barry in 1907. By 1884 Cryer Creek had a district school, two stores, three churches, three steam cotton gins-gristmills, and a population of 100. The population rose to 150 in 1890 and peaked at 200 in 1892, but the town began to decline after the Texas and St. Louis Railway bypassed it. The Cryer Creek school had 85 students in 1906. In the 1930's the community consisted of a church, a school, a cemetery, and a number of scattered dwellings, and from 1936 to the end of the 1960's it reported 75 residents. From 1970 to 1990 the population was reported as fifteen. Submitted by: Anna Penny |
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