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MELVIN, TEXASMcCulloch County,
Texas Hill Country
Farm Road 2087
A short distance S of Hwy 87
15 miles West of Brady
Population: 155 (2000)
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Melvin Texas
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Named for W. H. Melvin, who settled in the area in 1874, a townsite
was platted in 1904. The town was granted a post office in 1906 and
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway arrived in 1912. By 1914 the
town had seventy-five Melvinites residing there and the next year
they got their own newspaper, with a second paper arriving in 1923.
By 1931 the population was 650 and it reached it's zenith of 925 in
1949. |
United Methodist
Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
Evangelical
Free Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
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Church
marker
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| Melvin reached
its peak population of 925 in 1949 and from that point, the town has
been in a decline. In the early 1950s, it had already decreased to
just under 700. The railroad stopped service in the early 1970s and
it has since declined to only 155 residents. |
Melvin City
Office
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
Old building
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
Former Tractor
Sales
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
Old farm equipment
sign
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
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