Crisp (Texas)
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Location in Texas
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Ellis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 24 ′ N , 96 ° 35 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 90 (as of 1990) | ||
| Height : | 144 m | ||
| FIPS : | 48-17732 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1378180 | ||
Crisp is a small village on the road 660 (Farm Road) in Ellis County in the US state of Texas . The village is about 16 km east of Waxahachie and the last reported population in 1990 was 90 people.
The most famous person born here is probably Ernest Tubb , a country singer and pioneer of honky tonk music .
history
Settlement of the village began in the late 1880s or early 1890s. The settlement was named after Charles F. Crisp , a politician and speaker of the House of Representatives . The first post office opened in 1892. It was not until the mid-1920s that the first official report with 120 residents was submitted. At the end of the 1960s the population shrank to 90 people, which it remained until the last report in 1990.
Web links
- Crisp in the Handbook of Texas (English)