CRANDALL, TEXAS

Kaufman County, Central Texas North

32°37'39"N 96°27'12"W (32.627407, -96.453276).
US Highway 175, FM 148 and FM 3039
About 9 Miles W of Kaufman
E of Dallas
Population: 3,329 est.(2016
2,858 (2010) 2,274 (2000) 1,652 (1990)

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History in a Pecan Shell

Little was happening in this part of Kaufman County prior to the arrival of the railroad in 1880 (the Texas Trunk Line). The namesake for the community was the Reverend C. F. Crandall who donated part of his land to allow the railroad to go through.

It instantly became a shipping point and in 1881 the town had its own post office. By the mid 1880s, the town had a population of fifty souls, it’s economic welfare fed by a gin and gristmill. When the population wasn’t eating grist, they attended church or school (one of each).

By 1890 the town was straining its seams with a population of 150 which grew to 251 by 1904. By the mid-1920s Crandall had fifty businesses to tend to the needs of its population of 750.

The Depression depleted the population somewhat and then WWII and the postwar era lured more people to the cities in search of higher paying jobs. The 1943 population was given as 500 residents which increased to over 1,600 by the 1990 census.

The 2000 census was 2,774.

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Crandall, Texas Nearby Towns:
Kaufman | Dallas
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