Bluff Dale, Texas 📍 Bluff Dale in Erath County, Texas — The American South (West South Central) Inscription ⬇️ Settlers from Ellijay, Georgia, and other southern U.S. communities founded Bluff Dale near the Paluxy River in the late 1860's. Bluff Springs (the earlier name) was an early school district in 1867. Capt. Wesley Newell Freeman was the first postmaster in 1877, and the village became a stop on the Fort Worth to Yuma (Arizona Territory) mail route. Construction of the Fort Worth and Rio