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Fairy is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Texas, United States located in the northern part of the county at the junction of Fm-219 and Fm-1602.

History

Fairy was originally known as Martin's Gap. James Martin was a settler who took an oxcart through the mountain gap. The town was named for Fairy Fort, the daughter of Confederate Army captain Battle Fort, when the post office was established in 1884. Fairy had a cotton gin from 1900 to about 1936 and schools, churches, and businesses serving the greater ranching and farming community. In 1947 Fairy had a post office, three churches, three businesses, and 150 people. The post office closed in 1957, and the Fairy school district was consolidated with the Hamilton schools in 1967. In 1980, 1990, and 2000 the population was 31. A Baptist church, community center (formerly the Fairy Church of Christ), volunteer fire department, numerous dwellings, and a large historic town cemetery remained at the Fairy community as of the early 2000's.

References

• Handbook of Texas Online entry for Fairy

• Texas Escapes.com Online entry for Fairy

Municipalities and communities of Hamilton County, Texas County seat: Hamilton Cities Hamilton | Hico Towns Evant‡ Unincorporated communities Carlton | Fairy | Jonesboro‡ | McGirk | Pottsville | Shive Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties