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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

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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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