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CLAYTONVILLE, TEXAS


Fisher County, Panhandle / West Texas

Just W of FM 419
10 Miles SW of Roby the county seat
NW of Sweetwater
NW of Abilene
Population: 21 (1990)

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Claytonville TX
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, June 2010

History in a Pecan Shell

This tiny town may hold the record for locations. Five at last count. The community’s first school conducted classes in a tent in 1888, the same year it acquired a post office. The namesake was Rube Clayton, manager of a local ranch.

The 1940 census counted 60 people served by three businesses. By 1980 it had declined to just 21 – the same number used for 1990.

Claytonville TX
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, June 2010


Claytonville TX
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, June 2010


Fisher County Texas 1940s map
Fisher County 1940s map showing Claytonville
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Take a road trip

Texas Panhandle
North Central Texas
West Texas

Claytonville, Texas Nearby Towns:
Roby the county seat
Sweetwater
Abilene
See Fisher County

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