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MANOR,
TEXAS
Travis County,
Texas Hill Country
Highway 290
5 miles SW of New Sweden
12 miles E of Austin
11 miles W of Elgin
Population
1204 (2000)
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Store and water tower
Photo by John Troesser, 2002 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
The community's post office had been named Grassdale around
1859 with James Manor as the postmaster. Discontinued in 1860, a new
post office named Gregg, Texas opened in 1871. The following
year the name was changed to honor the original postmaster.
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The
Houston and Texas Central Railway arrived in 1871 and Manor's population
grew to 125. By 1892 there were 500 Manorites and 900 in 1914. Manor
reached 1,000 residents, just as the Great Depression was being felt.
The population declined to 654 residents. The population of Manor
rose (slightly) to 688 in the 1940s.
In 1988 Manor had 1,233 citizens and by 1990 it was reported as 1,041.
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Silos
near downtown
Photo by John Troesser, 2002
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