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History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally called James or Jamestown, Texas in 1906, it was
renamed late that year to curry favor with the railroad. Blackwell was a railroad
stockholder. A post office was granted the following year and the town became
a tri-county shipping point and supply center.
In 1903 the Blackwell Methodist
Church was organized, followed by a Baptist church in 1909 and a Church of Christ
in 1928. The town still had a population of 500 at the end of WWII.
It reached 286 for the 1980 Census and 339 ten years later. Blackwell's first
school began classes in 1907 and a rural "Consolidated High School" was established
in 1929.
In 1945 the town reported a population of 500 and thirteen businesses.
In 1980 its population was 286 and in 1990, 339. In 2000 the population was 360.
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baptism ceremony at Hannah's Crossing near Blackwell, TX in Nolan County. We found
the picture in my husband's parent's (Rufus Benjamin & Myrtle Lucille Noble) pictures,
there is not a date on the picture. I so wish it had been given the care it deserved.
Rufus Benjamin (Ben) was born & raised in Blackwell. In 1973, he & Lucille returned
to Blackwell with their youngest son. They lived there until 1993." - Iva
Noble, May 16, 2007.
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