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History in a Pecan
ShellThe town was
named for James McEuin Sanford, cowboy, wolf-hunter, rancher, and owner of the
oil rich land that the town was founded on in 1927. The town was first populated
by oil company employees. Within the first year a post office, school and hotel
were opened.
Unlike many boom towns, Sanford survived the initial excitment.
In the 1930s, two refineries and three carbon black plants were constructed. Sanford
had a mere 60 people for the 1940 Census, but with the construction of Sanford
Dam and Lake Meredith, the town
incorporated and new residents started arriving. The Sanford school district consolidated
with the Fritch ISD in 1961. The 1980 census showed
249 people and ten years later there were still 218 residents. |
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