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McCulloch County TX
McCulloch County

LOHN, TEXAS

McCulloch County, Texas Hill Country

31°19'26"N 99°24'36"W (31.3237752, -99.4100566)

2 Miles W of Highway 283
near the junction of FM 504 and 2635
15 Miles N of Brady
Population: 149 (2000 estimate)

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Lohn Texas Volunteer Fire Department
Lohn Volunteer Fire Department
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006
History in a Pecan Shell

Settlement began in the late 1870s with the arrival of the William F. Lohn family. Joined by additional German immigrants a few years later, the community opened its first store – in which the local post office operated. In 1892 the community consisted of the store, a cotton gin, flour mill and a Baptist church. The first school was built in 1893.

From a population of just seventy-five people in 1914, Lohn reached its high-water mark in 1931 with 360 residents. It declined during WWII and the post war years to 250 and by the mid 1950s it hit bottom at 100. In the late 1980s it had increased to 149 – the same estimate given for the 2000 census.
Lohn Texas Post Office
Lohn Post Office, TX 76852
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006
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Lohn Texas Hardware Store
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006
Lohn Texas Stores
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006
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