| Crisp, Texas | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Crisp |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Texas |
| Coordinates: | 32.3981°N -96.5811°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ellis |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1892 |
| Elevation Ft: | 472 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 48139 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1378180 |
Crisp is an unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas, United States. It was the birthplace of country music star Ernest Tubb.[1] It is located east of Waxahachie.
It was named for a Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Charles F. Crisp. Crisp started to use the name when the post office opened in 1892;[2] 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.[2] [3]
A nearby brickyard produced for a time bricks stamped with the name of Crisp. As with those produced in the nearby towns of Ferris and Palmer, these bricks can still occasionally be found, especially in hands of brick collectors.[4]