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History on
a Pinhead
The town dates from 1905 and it had its own post office – albeit briefly
(1907-09). Alton Griffin is credited with operating the town’s first
store and although no population figures are available prior to 1940
– the figure for the census that year was a mere 50 people. That year
the town consisted of the store, a church and a blacksmith. The decades
passed and the population declined to where on 16 people resided there
by 1980 and it was only half of that by 2000. |
Photographer's
Note:
All that remains of Champion except for the cemetery. Located on highway
1230 4 miles south of I-20 about 10 miles WSW of Roscoe. - Mike
Price, December 08, 2007 |
| Champion
photos above courtesy of Mike
Price, December, 2008 |
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