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Lipan
Community Center
Jim &
Lou Kinsey, July 2005 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Established
in 1873, by settler T. A. Burns, the town was an ideal location since
the Weatherford-Stephenville road and the Granbury-Palo Pinto road
intersected here. Burns named the town after the Lipan Apaches, who
had hunted in the area not too many years before. A post office was
granted in 1875.
The population for the 1900 Census was a respectable 286 citizens,
but by 1936 it had only added fourteen more people.
Lipan managed to increase its population through both the Great Depression
and World War II
- but not by much. There were 350 people in the late 40s and nearly
400 in the late 60s.
It had increased to just over 500 in the late 80s and the 2010 population
is 430.
Part of the Granbury, Texas Micropolitan Statistical Area. |
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Lipan
High School sign
James
Feagin, Columbia, Maryland, October 2002 |
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Lipan High School
Jim &
Lou Kinsey, July 2005 |
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US
Post Office in Lipan
Jim &
Lou Kinsey, July 2005 |
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Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing
Texas, asks that anyone wishing to share their local history, stories,
landmarks and recent or vintage photos, please contact
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