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History in
a Pecan Shell
Settled
in the late 1870s, it may have been in anticipation of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railroad that arrived in the 1880s.
The name is said to acknowledge the clay of the area – a soft red
clay that townsfolk fired into bricks. A kiln built in 1880 provided
the construction material for the Rains
County courthouse in nearby Emory.
In 1905 a larger company started making bricks marked with the name
Ginger. The company switched to tile manufacturing until the clay
deposits ran out.
Ginger didn’t receive a post office until 1910 when the population
was estimated to be 100. It rose to 150 by 1920 but the Great Depression
took its toll and by the end of WWII
there were only fifty residents.
The post office closed in 1930 and thereafter mail was routed through
Alba. The figure of 96 was used as a
population estimate for both the 1990 and 2000 census.
Photographer's Note:
"Some proud homeowner wants to keep the memory of Ginger alive.
It is on US 69 about 3 miles SE of Emory
and still on my maps." |
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1920s Rains
County map showing Ginger
(3 miles SE of Emory)
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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