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ALEDO, TEXASParker County,
North Central Texas
FM 1187
15 miles West of Fort
Worth
Population: 1,536(2000) 1,169 (1990)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Formerly called Parker’s Station - Aledo was settled as a stop along
the Texas & Pacific Railroad. It was named after a railroad executive’s
suggestion since Aledo, Illinois had been his hometown. A post office
was granted under that name in 1882.
By the mid 1880s the town had 150 residents and by 1915 there was
a cotton gin, corn mill, and bank. The population grew to 400 by the
early 1920s and they finally got around to incorporating in 1963.
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