Kim, If you will go to the site I have below, you can read the story that includes this line: "J. D. Bishop laid out a townsite on the (railroad) line four miles south of Mount Airy, which drew residents from old to new Dublin." Could it be that "New Dublin" started out as "Bishop", as there was already a town named "Dublin"? Just a wild guess. Connie Prater Reed Dublin, Tx http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/cgi-bin/web_fetch_doc?dataset=tsha.dst&db=handbook&doc_id=17870&query=bishop+erath This site is off of The Handbook of Texas, which tells about many old towns, stories, etc., I even used it to read about my gggrandfathers unit in the Confederacy by typing in the commanders name. It is undoubtedly my favorite site. Handbook of Texas: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html ...........snip......... >From: "FRED E EWERS III" <fredorkim@email.msn.com> >To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ERATH] Bishop, Texas >Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 14:52:47 -0600 > >Does anyone know anything about BISHOP,Texas and where it was located? I >saw it on the Erath County towns list and it may no longer exist. I have a >letter written by my great-great grandmother postmarked Bishop, Texas. >There is a Bishop, TX down close to Corpus Christi, but I was curious as to >why my ancestor would have been there at the time she wrote this letter. >If >there was a Bishop in Erath County, that would make much more sense. > >Any info appreciated! Kim Ewers > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com