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History
in a Pecan Shell
Although the area had been settled earlier, things didn’t really get started
until the International-Great Northern Railroad arrived here in 1876. The name
comes from a local rancher (James Emory Hutto) who sold the railroad its right-or-way.
Initially the name was Hutto Switch but that name survived only a year.
In less than 10 years the population grew to 200 residents. In the mid 1880s Hutto
had five cotton gins. IN the 1890s the town acquired a bank and hotel and was
firmly established as a cotton shipping point.
The community was comprised mainly of German, Danish, and Swedish immigrants.
The population reached 900 just as the 1920s were closing. Falling cotton
prices and the boll weevil
and in just three years the population fell to only 538.
By the 1960s,
the population hit a low of 400 – but rebounded to 842 by 1990 and hit a new high
of 1,250 by 2006. | |
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