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History
in a Pecan Shell
Named for railroad official John D. Rogers of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, the town had a population of 150 and most
essential businesses by the mid 1880s. The town was incorporated in 1899 and the
newly elected mayor (James D. King) had a two-story building constructed - with
the top floor being used as an opera house.
By 1914 the town had grown
to an estimated 1,275 people. Cotton was indeed King and in 1918 Rogers won the
much-contested honor of having shipped more cotton than any other town or city
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The town
suffered a fire in the 1920s but the population held through that decade. After
the Great Depression the town had been reduced slightly to just over 900 people.
Growth had been slow and steady, growing to 1,420 residents by the mid 1970s.
It has since declined slightly to the present figure of 1,117.
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