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in Ellis County,

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. It is located east of

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. It was named for a

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, Charles F. Crisp. Crisp started to use the name when the

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opened in 1892;Schmidt, Walter G. (1993) ''An Encyclopaedia of Texas Post Offices'', p. 75, Chicago, Illinois: The Collectors' Club of Chicago. inhabitants had started living there a few years prior to that. The town reached its peak in population in the 1920s. It stayed that way until the 1960s, and then, the population plummeted to just under 100. The post office was discontinued in 1954. A nearby brickyard produced for a time bricks stamped with the name of Crisp. As with those produced in the nearby towns of

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, these bricks can still occasionally be found, especially in hands of brick collectors.Crisp Texas on texasescapes.com
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References

External links

''Handbook of Texas'' online article
Geography of Ellis County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Ellis County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas Populated places established in 1892 1892 establishments in Texas {{EllisCountyTX-geo-stub