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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town was named for John T. Lytle, a rancher and traildriver who,
in 1882, helped get his town a stop on the International-Great Northern
Railroad. The railroad named the stop and the town submitted that
name for a post office which opened in 1883.
Lytle soon prospered as a shipping point for cattle and cotton. The
1884 population was a mere 50 which doubled by 1892 and reached 150
by the mid 1890s.
By 1914 the population was 600 and Lytle had its own newspaper. A
1917 bankruptcy of the Medina Valley Irrigation Company prevented
plans of irrigation from materializing.
With the exception of a decline during the Great Depression, the population
of Lytle has slowly increased. The proximity to San
Antonio
has encouraged more people to commute in recent years. |
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