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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town itself
began with the splitting up of the OX Ranch in 1906. One of the buyers
was W. B. Dunlap, who became the namesake of the nearly non-existent
town. A post office opened in 1908 and a cotton gin was built some
time later. From a 1915 population of 100, by 1940 it had increased
to only 113.
The bottom dropped out for the 1980 census when just 30 residents
were enumerated.
The community had its own school until the Great Depression when students
started attending schools in Paducah.
The population was still given as 30 in 1990 but fell to 10 for the
2000 count. |
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