Official Name: | Nickleberry, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Nickleberry |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cass |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 394 |
Coordinates: | 33.1467°N -94.5203°W |
Area Code: | 903 & 430 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1378756 |
Nickleberry is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, there were no population estimates available for the community in 2000.
Nickleberry was most likely named for Tip Nickleberry's family, who lived in the area in the early 1900s. The community had a church and a business in 1983. It was listed on county maps in 2000, but there were no population estimates available.
Nickleberry is located on Farm to Market Road 1399, 2miles southeast of Marietta in northwestern Cass County.
Nickleberry became the focus of a county school district in the 1940s for African American students. The school continued to operate in 1983. Today, the community is served by the Pewitt Consolidated Independent School District.