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History in a Pecan
Shell
Little Elm was established on the banks of the creek of the same
name in 1844. In 1852 the community’s first post office opened in the house of
Kit King.
The town’s first store opened in 1859. A larger store was opened
a mile east in 1866 and the post office was transferred here. The population in
1900 was just short of 200 which had declined to 120 in the 1930s.
By the
1950s the population had returned to 200 people – supported by five businesses.
Improved roads made travel between Denton
and Dallas much easier and the population
grew accordingly. From the mid 1960s population of 300, it grew to 1,255 by the
1990 census and to 3,646 by 2000. |
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Photographer's
Note:
Subject:
Little Elm
Happened
to pass through here on my way east and was shocked as I hadn't been on that road
in 15-20 years. What was countryside with a couple of wide spots in the road is
now pretty heavily populated, especially Little Elm and The Colony. Just a few
random shots off highway 720 which was/is the main road out there. - Mike
Price, November 2007
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