Toomey, TX

By: Cecil Harper, Jr.

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: July 1, 1995

Toomey, nine miles southwest of Center in southwestern Shelby County, was named for Parson Toomey. It received a post office in 1894 with Sam P. Haliburton as postmaster. The post office was closed in 1907, and in 1946 Toomey had a store and thirty residents. By 1988 it no longer existed as a named community.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Cecil Harper, Jr., “Toomey, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 25, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/toomey-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: July 1, 1995

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2020-2021

Texas Almanac 2022–2023


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Toomey
Currently Exists: No
Place Type: Town
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Shelby County
Associated Names: Arcadia
Coordinates: Latitude: 31.76323100°

Longitude: -94.34048010°

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