Edhube

Edhube is near Farm Road 1629 seven miles south of Bonham in central Fannin County. It was originally called Bentonville, for Edmond Hugh Benton, a Confederate veteran who arrived in the area in 1867. Later the name was changed because a homonymous post office already existed; the name Edhube is concocted from Benton's names. Settlement of the community apparently occurred during the middle to late 1880s. Between 1894 and 1906 a post office served the forty residents of Edhube. In the 1990s Edhube remained a community center for area farmers. It had a reported twenty-five residents in 1990 and again in 2000.

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David Minor | © TSHA

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Belongs to

Edhube is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

Edhube is classified as a Town

Associated Names

  • (Bentonville)

Location

Latitude: 33.52649560
Longitude: -96.21775620

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No

Population Count, 2009

40