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SPUR,
TEXAS
Dickens County, Panhandle / West Texas
Highway 70
11 miles S of Dickens
26 miles NW of Jayton
60 miles
E of Lubbock
Population: 1,088 (2000) 1,300 (1990)
Area
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Palace
Theater
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, October 2006 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
The name is from the Spur Ranch, which was bought and broken up in
1907 - shortly before the Burlington Railroad had proposed a railway line from
Stamford. The manager of the Spur interests (the town's name had already been
chosen) convinced the railroad it needed to go through what would become Spur.
The railroad was convinced and on November 1, 1909 - the town opened as the railroad
pulled in.
The Spur Inn housed visitors to the town and the first newspaper,
The Texas Spur gave them something to read. The school was started in 1909 as
well, but the town didn't incorporate until 1911. |
Former
service station?
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, October 2006 |
Our sources give very
little information about Spur from the years 1911 to the present - but perhaps
someone will send in a story to fill in this huge gap.
Spur had 47 businesses
in 1980 which is considerably less than the 110 reported in 1940. Texas A&M University
operates an agricultural experimental station at Spur. It is the largest town
in the county - eclipsing the county seat of Dickens
with it's population of 300. | | |
