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History in
a Pecan Shell
Windom was originally settled about 1870 - two years before the arrival of the
Texas and Pacific Railroad. Without a suitable population, the community was designated
a flag stop. The community built a school, churches and was granted a post office
by the mid 1880s.
By 1900 the population had reached 312, growing (slowly)
to reach 389 by the mid 1920s when highway 82 was paved. The Great Depression
decreased the population to 317 in the mid 1930s.
It dropped to 290 by
the end of WWII and is
on the 2000 state map as 245. |
Water
tower and grain elevator in Windom
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