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A [[post office]] called Razor was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1935.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}}</ref> The origin of the name "Razor" is obscure, but is thought to have been applied by postmaster A. K. Haynes after a brand of tobacco that was sold in his shop.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=147|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|pages=141–143}}</ref><ref> |
A [[post office]] called Razor was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1935.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}}</ref> The origin of the name "Razor" is obscure, but is thought to have been applied by postmaster A. K. Haynes after a brand of tobacco that was sold in his shop.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=147|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|pages=141–143}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnr13 |last=Long |first=Christopher |title=Razor, TX |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |accessdate=21 April 2017}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 03:02, 21 November 2023
Razor is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas, United States.[1]
History[edit]
A post office called Razor was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1935.[2] The origin of the name "Razor" is obscure, but is thought to have been applied by postmaster A. K. Haynes after a brand of tobacco that was sold in his shop.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Razor, Texas
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. pp. 141–143.
- ^ Long, Christopher. "Razor, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
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33°52′55″N 95°38′28″W / 33.88194°N 95.64111°W
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