- Justiceburg, Texas
Justiceburg is an unincorporated community in Garza County,
Texas ,United States . It is located 15 miles southeast of the county seat, Post.Geography
Justiceburg is located at coor dms|33|02|29|N|101|12|12|W|city (33.042072, -101.202992),GR|1 in southeastern Garza County. It is approximately 55 miles to the southeast of central Lubbock and 110 miles northwest of Abilene.
History
Justiceburg is located around the site of a town originally known as LeForrest (variously spelled Le Forest [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/JJ/hnj13.html Handbook of Texas Online: Justiceburg, Texas (retrieved 16 August 2006)] ] ) and had a post office of that name from 1902 until 1905. [http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/Justiceburg-Texas.htm TexasEscapes: Justiceburg, Garza County (retrieved 16 August 2006)] ]
In 1910, a rancher named
Jefferson Davis Justice then bought the land, and granted theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right of way. [http://www.atsfrr.com/resources/burton/plains.htm Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society: Slaton, Sweetwater (retrieved 16 August 2006)] ] LeForrest became Justiceburg in honor of this development; the railroad was then completed in 1911.Justiceburg has remained a small village throughout its history, with the population fluctuating between 25 and 76; in the 1980s, many of these residents were reportedly descendants of Jefferson Davis Justice.
The town once had a functioning schoolhouse and railroad depot; these have since been abandoned, as have several homes. The area of town to the east of
U.S. Route 84 contains the town's church; the area to the west has most of the buildings, inhabited or otherwise.Justiceburg has been featured in the book "More Ghost Towns of Texas" by
T. Lindsay Baker . The dereliction of many of the buildings gives Justiceburg a ghost town feel, despite the fact that some still live there.Former
Major League Baseball playerNorm Cash was born in Justiceburg.Demographics
The population of the
ZIP code area (79330) around Justiceburg in the 2000 census was 60. [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=87100US4879330&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U US Census - 2000 (retrieved 16 August 2006)] ]Economy
As of 1997, there was one retail operation and no manufacturing concerns in the area bound by the local zip code. [http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97zip/tx/TX79330.HTM US Census Bureau: 1997 Economic Census (retrieved 16 August 2006)] ] .
The railroad, now part of the BNSF network, still runs through Justiceburg.
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