Tennyson, Texas
Tennyson is an unincorporated community in southeastern Coke County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 35 in 2000.
History
Englishman Samuel Sayner, who established the town in 1882, named it after the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Tennyson purchased a post office in 1894, taking over the responsibilities of the Mule Creek post office. In 1910, when the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway started service, just 20 people were living there. Tennyson continued to flourish and had several stores and enterprises for a while after that, but as cotton cultivation started to wane in the 1920s, Tennyson's growth ceased. In 1940, Tennyson had 50 residents; by 1980, that number had dropped to 35, despite the post office continuing to be open. The population was still reported to be 35 in 2000.Although Tennyson is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76953.
On May 2, 2007, an F0 tornado struck Tennyson. It moved across open country and damaged some trees.