Gypsy Heart
Gold Member
Duffau is on Farm Road 1824 and Duffau Creek, fifteen miles southeast of Stephenville in Erath County. The town was named for Duffo, an Indian buried nearby. By 1860 a post office had been established at the community, and by the mid-1880s Duffau was a flourishing town of about 350 with steam flour mills and cotton gins, four churches, a hotel, a district school, three doctors, and two deputy sheriffs.
The cemetery is probably a mile from the crossroads marked “Duffau” where there is a very small settlement – two or three houses, plus several abandoned buildings, including a former school (now marked “Community Center”) and gymnasium. Then there are a few very run down houses and mobile homes scattered throughout the area. All the dwellings in the area have many outward signs of poverty.
The cemetery is probably a mile from the crossroads marked “Duffau” where there is a very small settlement – two or three houses, plus several abandoned buildings, including a former school (now marked “Community Center”) and gymnasium. Then there are a few very run down houses and mobile homes scattered throughout the area. All the dwellings in the area have many outward signs of poverty.
