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History in
a Pecan Shell
Named for Miguel Davila, holder of the original Mexican
land grant (1833) it wasn’t until the 1860s when a surveyor bought
the property and broke the land into town lots. A post office was
granted in 1871 and although it was bypassed by the railroad
in 1881, the town regarded the loss of population as a hiccup in its
development.
By the mid 1880s the population was a respectable 350 with all essential
business plus a school and three churches. From a 1920 population
of 400, Davilla’s residents declined to 300 by the end of WWII
and reached bottom in the early 1970s when it was a mere 72 people.
Davilla enjoyed being the center of a school district into the 1970s
when it finally merged with Bartlett
schools.
The 1988 population was been given as 200, which continues to be the
official estimate on the 2009 state map.
Davilla, Texas
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