Jones County Texas Archives - History of Tuxedo - 1930 *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dorman Holub Date: 19 January 2020 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/jones/jonestoc.htm *********************************************************** The Stamford AmericanFriday, April 18, 1930Vol. 7, Number 1Tuxedo was Called Grasshopper Ridge During Early Daysby Miss Bertha ApplingWhen the writer came to Jones county in 1901, from McLennan county, we came to whatis now known as Tuxedo but was then called Grasshopper Ridge, because the farmers hadat one time had so much trouble with grasshoppers in their crops.There were just 3 or 4 houses between here and Stamford in 1907. The Katy railroad,then known as the Texas Central (or Tin Can) was built through here and Tuxedo wasknown as Bonita. When the post office was established, it was found that there wasanother Bonita in Texas, so the name was changed to Tuxedo. The exact origin of thisname is not known, but one of the stockholders of the railroad, who lived in Waco,was either named Tuxedo or had a wholesale house stocked with Tuxedo clothing and tohim is given the reason for the name.In 1911 there were about 12 or 15 business houses, with one hotel, two lumber yards,two gins and one bank. In 1912, fire destroyed most of the business houses. We nowhave one store, one blacksmith shop, one gin, two churches, a 4-teacher school with anew auditorium finished this year seating about 200 people when the partition israised to the school room and one teacherage.The teachers of the school this term are Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Walker of Denton, MissMerle Eaton of Rule and Miss Vida Amerson of Stamford.Dick Williams and daughter, Miss Lou, run the store and post office. Miss Williams isalso Depot Agent. Newt King is the blacksmith and D.C. Rutherford has charge of thegin. The population of Tuxedo is about 60.Tuxedo is known as one of the best agricultural districts in Jones county. Thefarmers are realizing that cotton isnŐt the only crop they can raise, so they arebeginning to diversify.Tuxedo also has a good community club with Edgar Ashburn president. The farmers arerealizing that at the community club is a good place to advertise their surplus feedor seed.Tuxedo is located southwest of Stamford and 11 miles east of Hamlin and 15 milesnorth of Anson. It is 1728 feet above sea level. It is said to be the highest pointin Jones county, its elevation being higher than Flat Top Mountain.