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SEYMOUR, TEXAS

Baylor County Seat, Panhandle / North Central Texas
Highways 82, 183, 283, and 277 and FM 422 and FM 1919
35 miles NW of Olney
23 miles NE of Munday
51 miles SW of Wichita Falls

Population 3,185 (2000)

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Current Baylor County Courthouse, Seymour Texas
Baylor County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, April 2006
History in a Pecan Shell

Originally the town was named Oregon City after it was settled by people from Oregon. The town grew around the crossing of the Brazos River with the Western Trail. With the opening of the post office in 1879 the town underwent a change of name to Seymour after a cowboy named Seymour Munday. 1879 was a busy year with a newspaper appearing, the first store opening and the post office opening.

An abbreviated timeline of significant events:
1880: A stone hotel was built and the Baylor county judge was killed.
1884: The Baylor county courthouse was constructed when the town had a population of 500.
1890: Construction of the Wichita Valley began after citizens raised $50,000 to pay the railroad
1892: The town corporation was dissolved because of inability to meet obligations. Population is 1,900.
1904: Population is 1,475
1906: Oil discovered and the town incorporated for the second time.
1950: Population reaches 3,778.
Seymour TX Bridge Turkey Trot
Bridge & Turkey Trot in Seymour, postmarked 191?
Postcard courtesy William Beauchamp Collection
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