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LAKETON,
TEXASGray County,
Texas Panhandle
Highway 60
15 miles E of Pampa
Population: 12 (estimated)
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Grain
elevator in Laketon
Photo courtesy
Erik Whetstone |
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Another
view of the grain elevator in Laketon
Photo courtesy
Erik Whetstone |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Founded on a spur of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway in the early
1900s, Laketon supported a post office until mail was re-routed through
Miami in neighboring Roberts County. It was reestablished with the
discovery of the Laketon gas field in 1929.
In 1930 Laketon had several businesses, but only and ten citizens.
In 1947 the population had increased to 50, but businesses were reduced
to only two. Nearby Pampa
drained population from the town and for the last forty years the
population was reported as less than 20. |
Laketon,
Texas Forum
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