Enloe Texas

I have been helping my friend from work search for her ancestors that came to the Houston Texas area piror to the Civil War.  The Surname is Enloe, a very unusual name, so when I saw there was a town in Texas named Enloe, I suspected it was named for one of her relatives. Then town of Enloe was named for John Albert Enloe, of Enloe, Delta County, Texas who came to Delta County before 1880.

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ENLOE, TEXAS

Delta County, Central Texas North

33° 25' 58" N, 95° 39' 27" W (33.432778, -95.6575)
FM 2949 and 198
3 Miles N of Cooper
SW of Paris
NE of Commerce
Population: 125 est. (2010, 2000)

History in a Pecan Shell

Enloe began with the building of a church here in 1888, but it wasn’t officially a proper town until nine years later when space was donated to the railroad by J. A. Enloe.  In 1897, the town opened a post office under Enloe’s name. The population at that time was reported to be around 100 residents. So, in a centuries time, the town has gained 25 residents.

Seven years later the town counted 273 residents and the Enloe Baptists rebuilt their church. 1914 reported 400 Enloens and a telephone system.

The town had most essential businesses and two cotton gins and the population had grown to 450 by 1929. Seven years later the number of people had decreased to 265.

Increased factory work for the WWII war effort drained off more of Enloe’s workforce and by the mid 1950s less than 200 people lived here. This figure fell to just 150 for the mid 1960s and was given as 125 for the 2000 Census.

John Albert Enloe father, Nathaniel, grandfather Nathaniel Sr, ggrandfather Isaac, 2ggrandfather Abraham Enloe and wife Mary Deason

Russell Enloe Sr.  father Steven Elijah Enloe, grandfather James Marcus Enloe, ggrandfather Marcus Porter Enloe, 2g grandfather David Enloe, 3g grandfather Enoch Enloe, 4g grandfather Abraham Enloe and wife Mary Deason = 7 generations from Russell Enloe Sr, 9 generations from Kathy.