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History in
a Pecan Shell
Indeed, named for a grove of Pecan trees, the community was settled
around 1884 and the Pecan Gap Baptist Church marks that year as their
beginning. Early settlers came from Arkansas. The Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe Railroad arrived in 1888 and built a depot. The town (almost)
instantly became a shipping point for Delta County farmers and the
population was soon approaching 500. By 1910 the population had grown
to 600 but by 1929 it was back to 500, declining to just over 400
by the mid-1930s. By 1989 the population was 296 which has since declined
to the current (2000) 214. |
The
road to Pecan Gap Cemetery
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, April 2008 |
Site
of Hockaday Homestead historical marker
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, April 2008 |
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