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Wildflowers
near Cranfills Gap
Photo courtesy Ernie
Wymer |
| History
in a Pecan Shell
Named for George Eaton Cranfill, one of earliest
settlers in the area - the Gap refers to a break in a mountain separating Bosque
and Hamilton counties.
Settlement dates to Cranfill's arrival around
1851 but the town didn't get started until 1879, when a post office that had been
in Hamilton County was moved across the county line into Cranfills Gap. |
By
1890 the town was thriving with two doctors, stores, a blacksmith's forge, and
saloon. St. Olaf's - a Norwegian Lutheran church was built nearby in 1886 and
remains standing today.
The town never got a railroad, despite a slight
move in 1913 to insure a connection with the outside world. The high water mark
for population occurred in 1940 when 600 people called the Gap home.
In 1980, the census reported 341 citizens and it has since declined to less than
300. |
Cranfills
Gaps Texas Forum Subject:
Louise Cranfill, Daughter of George Eaton Cranfill
My husband's greatgrandmother, Louise Cranfill, was born in Cranfill's Gap, daughter
of George Eaton Cranfill. Do you have any pictures of George Eaton Cranfill's
family? Louise married James Henry Woodman. My husband's grandmother was Ida May
Woodman Roberts. She died at age 28. We know of no existing pictures of her. If
you have any of the early pictures of Cranfill's Gap, we would be so appreciative
to have copies. Thanks for any pictures, stories, history, articles from old newspapers
or a source for these items. - Barbara A. Roberts, February 17, 2006
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