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History in
a Pecan Shell
Named after the colorful and mysterious surveyor from Bonham,
the town developed around 1888 when the railrroad arrived and the
post office opened.
Mr. Bean donated 50 acres for a townsite - including the railroad
right-of-way. The railroad drew off of the population of nearby
White Mound and soon Tom Bean (the town) was thriving. The population
reached 299 in 1900 and by the mid-20s there were 367 Beanites,
Beansonians or Beanilains.
After the 1950s
the population grew slowly. It was 570 by the mid-1970s and it seems
to have peaked in the late 80s with 926 residents.
See Tom
Bean
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