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Miles celebrated
their Centennial in 2005.
Miles, Texas History
"Miles, on U.S. Highway 67, Farm Road 2872, and the Santa Fe
Railroad, in southwestern Runnels
County, was named for settler Jonathan Miles, who donated $5,000
for the extension of the railroad from Ballinger
to San
Angelo. The town has also been known as Miles City. It
had a population of 814 in 1940. Its restored opera house was placed
on the National Register in 1976, and other buildings, including
the old country store, are being restored. Miles had a population
of 739 in 1950 and nineteen businesses and 650 people in 1960. It
had a post office, a bank, several businesses, and a population
of 720 in 1980. In 1990 the population was 793. The population grew
to 850 by 2000." - From Handbook of Texas Online
William
R. Hunt, “Miles, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed December
12, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/miles-tx.
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1909 Rumley
Oil-pull tractor on display in Miles, Texas
Photo
courtesy Jim
and Lou Kinsey, June 2003
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Concho River
— Mexican Adobe Building on Mullens Ranch
Click on image to enlarge
1907 Postcard
courtesy Dan
Whatley Collection |
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