VESSEY, TEXAS
AKA Vesey

Texas Ghost Town
Red River County, East Texas

About 9 Miles NE of Clarksville
No Exact Directions Available
Population: 14 (2000, 1990)

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Vesey Rusted Sign
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

History on an Envelope

Settled in 1850 by former Kentuckians, Vessey seems to have peaked around the turn of the 20th Century with a high-water mark of 100 residents counted in 1910. The community was granted a post office in 1899 which managed to stay open through 1930. Commercial interests consisted of a cotton gin and lumber processing but there is no evidence of a central district. Proximity to the county seat dashed hopes for growth.

In 1940 the population was counted as twenty and the 2000 census counted fourteen. Today, Vessey consists of scattered houses.

Vesey country road
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

Old Barn in Vesey
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

"Old Folks, Dogs & Mules at Play"
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

Vesey rural road
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

Cover cancelled with 1902 Vesey Texas postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

1907 Red River County Postal Map showing Vesey
NE of Clarksville
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Take a road trip

Vessey, Texas Nearby Towns:
Clarksville the county seat
Paris
De Kalb
Mount Pleasant
Texarkana
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