Bessmay, Texas

History

Bessmay began in about 1900 as a lumbering town on the railroad.[2] The community was named for Bessmay Kirby, the daughter of a sawmill.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bessmay, Texas
  2. Bessmay from the Handbook of Texas Online
  3. Tarpley, Fred (5 July 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-292-78693-6.


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