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ANTON,
TEXAS Hockley
County, Texas
Panhandle
Highway 84, FM 168 and FM 597
24 miles NW of Lubbock
Population: 1,200 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
The town had originally been part of the Spade Ranch. After the ranch was
subdivided in the 1920s, a town was platted alongside a spur of the Pecos and
Northern Texas Railroad. J. F. Anton, a railroad executive was given the honor
of having the new town named for him. On December 3, 1924, even while a sandstorm
was hitting the town, over 200 lots were sold to eager buyers. A post office opened
the following year and the town had its own newspaper, a hotel, cotton gin and
four lumber companies to provide material for substantial growth.
The
town incorporated in the late 1930s when the population was given as 400. By the
1960s this had grown to 1,368 residents who were supported by fifty businesses.
By the late 1980s the population had remained about the same but the number of
businesses had declined to only 14. |
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