Ashby

Ashby was a post office community twenty-two miles northeast of Crockett near the site of present Weches in northeastern Houston County. It was probably established after the Civil War. A post office operated there from 1872 until 1877; in the mid-1870s the community had a store and a number of houses. By the mid-1930s it no longer appeared on highway maps.

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Christopher Long | © TSHA

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Currently Exists

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Place type

Ashby is classified as a Town

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

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