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EARLY,
TEXASBrown
County, Texas Panhandle / North Central Texas
Highways 67 and 84
2 Miles
E of Brownwood
Population
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Welcome W. Chandler is regarded as the area's first
settler. The land at that time (early 1850s) was considered to be a part of Brownwood.
Chandler's house served as Brown County's first post office in 1858. Shortly after
the Civil War, disputes over water and land rights caused people of Brownwood
to relocate, creating two communities. In 1928 an attorney named Walter U. Early
donated land for several school buildings and the Early ISD was formed. Anderson,
Delaware, Jenkin Spring and Ricker schools were consolidated with the Early ISD.
The Early school had 9 teachers and nearly 300 pupils in 1935. In the 1940s the
town started growing around the school. Early finally incorporated in 1951, when
it had a population of 600. Early had a population of 1,097 in 1970 and a city
hall was finally built in 1982. Early's post office opened in 1985. |
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