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Downtown
Bomarton
Photo courtesy Carolyn Loffler |
History
in a Pecan Shell
This
once-prosperous town was named for settler W. H. Bomar. Things got
off to a promising start with the arrival of the Wichita Valley Railroad
in 1906. Bomarton was now connected to both Seymour
and Abilene. A post
office in the store of Tom McClure was established the same year.
By 1910 Bomarton had had a school for three years and two churches
that were constructed about the same time.
Two cotton gins were soon added to the town's list of businesses and
Bomarton had an innovative public grazing area dairy cattle. |
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St.
John's Catholic Church in Bomarton
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, 2005 |
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From
a population of 580 in 1920, Bomarton reached its high-water mark
in 1930 with 600 Bomartonites. The town sailed through the Great Depression
with a decline of only 2 people. But the town wasn't so lucky after
WWII when it
dropped dramatically. By 1960 it was already down to 150 and twenty
years later there were only 27 people calling the place home. The
1990 figure was given as 23 and was used again on the 2004 map.
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Bomarton,
Texas Forum
Subject: Bomarton,
Texas
Dear TE, I was reading what you have about Bomarton, Texas. I lived
there from about the age of three until I was 10 yrs. old. I started
school there and have fond memories [of that town]. My parents & grandparents
lived there many years. I am sending this photo (see top photo) of
Bomarton. I don't know the year it was taken since it was handed down
to me from my uncle's estate. I remember [during] my time there, we
had three grocery stores, two gas stations, three churches, the school
and the post office. - Carolyn Loffler (No town given), September
30, 2006 |
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