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CHICOTA,
TEXAS Lamar
County, North Central Texas
1 Mile N of Pat Mayse Lake
5 Miles N of Paris
Population:
125 (2000) Book
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Chicota
Presbyterian Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007 |
History in a Pecan
Shell
Named after Checotah, Oklahoma, the town had been settled sometime
before 1879 when a post office was granted. Storekeeper Robert Draper had been
calling the place Center Springs, but renamed it with the Native-American name
since many of his customers were Indians crossing the Red River from Indian Territory.
The 1884 population was 45 and grew to 225 in eight years. although it had fallen
by 1914 to just 100. From the 40s through the 50s, the population stayed at 212,
but a slow decline has brought it to its present figure of 125. |
| Photo
courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007 |
| Photo
courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007 | |
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