Nix (2007)

Settlers came to this site along the Fort Phantom Hill Road in the 1860s and established the village of Nix. Harvey Wallace opened a general store in 1875, and his wife Elizabeth became the first postmaster. Several springs ran nearby, including Dripping Springs near the Nix Cemetery founded in 1878. By 1885, citizens started a school on the Levi Ringer place. The town boasted a cotton gin, blacksmiths and stores, and citizens built a new schoolhouse in 1920. Rock quarries and cedar yards begun in the 1940s supported the local economy. Nix schools absorbed Bend, Lynch Creek and Ogles before consolidating with Lampasas in 1952. The historic Nix schoolhouse later became a community center. (2007)

Nix is a historical marker in Lampasas vicinity, Lampasas County, dedicated in 2007. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.1069, -98.3642 near Lampasas vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Nix (cemetery), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Medlin, Hughes, Moses, Home, 1856, and Pleasant Valley Farmers' Alliance No. 1.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013991. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.