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History in
a Pecan Shell
Forsan had no 19th
Century history. It began in 1928 when pioneer landowner Clayton Stewart
donated land for the community in 1928. The name comes from the "Four
(oil) Sands" that oil speculators had found. It was later determined
that there were five sands - but the name was already in use.
In just two years, Forsan had become a boomtown with a 1931 population
of 350. By the middle of the decade it was up to 400 and had its own
post office.
Unlike most boomtowns, Forsan retained its population - even into
the mid 1950s. It did finally shrink in the 1980s to 239, but it has
kept its post office and businesses.
The 1990 census reported 256 residents, dropping to 226 for the year
2000. |
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