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SYLVESTER,
TEXASFisher
County, Texas Panhandle
FM 57 and FM 1085, about:
10 Miles SE of Roby
29 miles NE of Sweetwater
43 Miles NW of
Abilene
Population: 102 (2000)
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History in a
Pecan Shell
The Compere brothers of Abilene
are credited with founding the town in 1903 when they bought part of the AJ Ranch
in anticipation of the arrival of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.
They named it in honor of railroad promotion manager W. W. Sylvester. The railroad
arrived in 1905 and properity followed. All essential businesses opened in short
order and by 1909 the population was a healthy 600.
By
1940 the population had shrunk to slightly over 400 Sylvesterites and the decline
has continued to the current 102. | |
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