Zephyr, Texas
It's not clear what made the Zephyr Store formerly famous. The town, which currently has less than 200 population, has several vacant stores and hardly anything open. But there's a school, with prominent signs nearby forbidding the use of cell phones. My guess is that would have to be about curtailing communication among drug dealers. What they would be doing in such a small market is another question. About 125 years ago, a new railroad line came through the county and missed Zephyr by about a mile. So the residents picked up the town store and other buildings and moved them next to the railroad. Zephyr of course means gentle wind, but in 1909 the town was mostly destroyed by the deadliest tornado in Texas state history (ref. Wiki link above).
Zephyr, Texas
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