Pontotoc , Texas

Settled in the early 1850s by 5 families moving from the similarly named town in Mississippi, Pontotoc Texas was a promising new town town in the 5 year old new state of Texas , but fate intervened only 30 years later: typhoid fever brokeout and decimated the rising population and then the railroad decided to locate in the neighboring town. The population slowly declined over 120 years and now only a lucky 100 or so residents can claim to be residents. See pictures at:

Pontotoc