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NOLAN, TEXAS

Nolan County, Panhandle / North Central Texas
FM 126
20 Miles SE of Sweetwater
Population Est. 33 (2000)

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Nolan Baptist Church, Texas
Nolan Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007
History in a Pecan Shell

Nolan, was formed in 1928 when two previously formed communities (Old Nolan and Dora) moved five miles (West and East, respectively) to form the new town. Dora and Old Nolan had each had their own functioning post office. Dora closed its post office in 1938 when its population fell to 25. The schools of the two towns were merged. After WWII Dora became a ghost town, while Nolan held on. The Nolan post office continues to function. Population was estimated at 126 in 1990.

Old Nolan and Dora each have a cemetery under their respective names. The current town of Nolan has a cemetery shown on TxDoT maps as Slater's Chapel.
Nolan Methodist Church, Texas
Nolan Methodist Church
Nolan Texas cotton gin, closed
A closed old gin in Nolan
Nolan Texas old barn
Scenes from Nolan
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007
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