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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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