Ethel

Ethel is on Farm Road 902 fourteen miles southwest of Sherman in southwestern Grayson County. The community developed in the late 1850s as ranchers and lumbermen converged. John Dishman constructed a gin, and a school was built on the ranch of S. A. Schott. In 1885 a post office opened; the name Ethel was submitted by W. H. Burgin, who owned the general store and became the first postmaster. By 1900 the number of residents had increased to eighty-one. The post office closed in 1902. From 1930 until 1990 the population was estimated at twenty-five. In 2000 the population was forty.

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Belongs to

Ethel is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

Ethel is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 33.54372020
Longitude: -96.84416580

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No

Population Count, 2014

40