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WINTER HAVEN, TEXAS


Dimmit County, South Texas

Farm Road 1407
5 miles N of Carrizo Springs the county seat
44 miles E of Eagle Pass via US 277
15 miles NW of Asherton
25 miles NW of Catarina
S of Crystal City
Population: 112 (2000, 1990)

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History in a Pecan Shell

The town was established in 1911 by Floridians, who named it after their home. Florida during its boom in the 1920s boasted such names as Frostproof and Winter Haven.

Winter Haven was one of several new settlements in Dimmit County between 1909 and 1917. A post office opened in 1927. Eight businesses were reported in 1931, but only three in 1949; meanwhile, the population rose from fifty in 1939, the first year for which figures were available, to eighty in 1949. The town had no businesses by 1980.

TX Dimmit County 1920s map
Dimmit County 1920s map showing Carrizo Springs
Winter Haven is not on the map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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South Texas

Winter Haven, Texas Nearby Towns:
Carrizo Springs the county seat
Asherton
Catarina
Crystal City
Eagle Pass
See Dimmit County

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