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History in
a Pecan Shell
The community came into being in the mid 1880s and was named for early settler
(and first postmaster) E. Hylton who assumed his duties in 1886.
The
town’s nearness to Blackwell stymied growth
since Blackwell had a railroad connection. Although
Hylton’s population has been reported as high as 500 residents. In 1899 a woman
named Lille Franks, started the Fish Creek School. It seems nothing of note occurred
in Hylton for decades. At the close of WWII
it had a reported population of 187 but by the 1980 census it had fallen to a
mere 28 residents, staying there for the 1990 census but dropping to a mere 6
by 2000. |
1907
Nolan County postal Map showing Hylton
(Below
"N" in "NOLAN")
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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