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History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally named Blanche, after Blanche McAdams, the town had a post
office operating under that name in 1894. A wealthy man from Massachusetts
arrived and romance fled. Blanche was forgotten and (perhaps to curry
favor) Alfred Ogden, became the town's namesake.
In early 1917 the post office was moved to nearby Swearingen.
Although the 1915 population was a respectable 300 people, without
a railroad (or even a highway), Ogden faced a bleak future. The Ogden
school merged with the Paducah school in 1936 and by 1940 the population
had fallen to a mere 20 people. |
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