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History in a Pecan
Shell
Joseph Hezkiah Gruver is the town's namesake. Joseph and son
Lawrence established a ranch in the area around 1907. Gruver became a center for
wheat and small-grain farming even before the railroad arrived (1929). A post
office was granted in 1927, and the school two years later. The 1930 population
was 650, but the Great Depression and WWII
took a toll. The post war population declined to just 350. The population
increased to over 800 by the mid 1950s and 1,555 by the late 1960s. The town reached
its population high-water mark in 1988 with 1,199 citizens, but it has since decreased
to the present 1,162. | |
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