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TRENT, TEXAS

Taylor County, Panhandle / North Central Texas

32°29'15"N 100°7'25"W (32.487508, -100.123639)

I - 20
23 Miles W of Abilene
430 Miles from El Paso
430 Miles from Texarkana
ZIP code 79561
Area code 325
Population: 349 (2019)
337 (2010) 318 (2000) 319 (1990)

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History in a Pecan Shell

Trent was born with the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in 1881. The station was equidistant between El Paso and Texarkana, the lines two anchor cities. I. R. Trent is the town’s namesake.

When the railroad named its various stations and delivered the signage, Eskota received Trent’s sign by mistake (and vice versa).

A post office was granted two years after the railroad’s arrival. From a population of 1,200 in 1928, Trent dropped to a mere 300 residents during the Great Depression – and remained at the level for decades. It had only increased to 318 by the 2000 census.

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Trent Tx Downtown Buildings
Downtown Trent
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Trent Tx First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
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Trent Tx Building
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Trent Tx Downtown
Downtown Trent
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Trent, Texas Forum

Subject: Terry and Johnson Family in Trent, Texas

Hi, I was just cursing the web and thought I would check out any information about Trent, TX.. I do have some valuable history about Trent that I would like to share . I need to do some research for dates, but I thought the current information would be of interest.

My father (John Wesley Terry) and mother (Sarah Julia Johnson-Terry) grew up in Trent and they are buried in the Trent grave yard. My Dad’s father (Aurby C. Terry) and mother (Rebecca Estelle Terry) had six children. A baby girl who (died at birth and I can’t remember her name.) Allen the oldest son, Estelle (Pert) the only girl, Johnny, Bo and Sam Terry. My Grandfather was the Postmaster and the Barber for many years. I believe he was also the Mayor for Trent at one time. Their home was in town just south of the railroad tracks (I think it is still located there).

My mother’s father (Grover Cleveland Johnson, he went by Cleve) was a cattle rancher and a farmer. My grandmother (Zora Johnson) had two daughters Fame Maud and Sarah Julia (what silly names). They lived two miles south of Trent and an eighth of a mile west ( the farm house is no longer there). My grandfather lost all of his cattle during the depression. Grandmother Johnson said she picked cotton so the girls could buy a school sweater . Mother said she rode a pony to school.

My daddy (Johnny) was quite the athlete. He scored the first touchdown for Trent. He was a tennis Champion (I think it was State champion, but I am not sure). I don’t think Trent had a baseball team which was my dad’s best and favorite sport. He was asked to play baseball for the White Socks and did not sign because my sister (Julia Terry Wakeley) was two years old and they were still struggling from the depression. He had an opportunity to go to work for an oil company (Stanland Oil and Gas) and my mother encourage him to take the job. They moved to Odessa, TX and lived in the oil camp called North Cauden until I was born ten years later . We were transferred to Levelland, TX where I grew up.

Daddy and mother were a grade apart, but in the same classroom. My dad named the Trent Gorillas. Their class also picked the school colors Purple and Gold. I don’t know the year that they graduated, but it had to be around 1930 or 1931.

I hope this information is helpful. I would like to round up some pictures and more stories. Sorry for the poor spelling an education does not guarantee you to be a good speller. Besides in school (Levelland, TX) I was taught to spell it like you hear it. I discovered that in Texas a’s sound like o’s. and when I move to Tulsa, OK. In 1971. I mention that I grew up in the All fields and they said what is All? I in turned said “ Do you mean I moved to the All Capitals of the World and you don’t know how to pronounce it! I don’t mind if you print this, but please edit my spelling and grammar. I am very dyslexic plus I grew up in Texas where we spell it like we hear it !

After living in Oklahoma for 40 years I say I am an Okie , but I am a Texan at heart !
- Sarah Gladden, Stillwater, OK., November 18, 2011



Taylor County Towns

County Seat - Abilene
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Abilene County Seat
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Buffalo Gap First County seat
Caps
Elmdale ghost town
Guion ghost town
Hamby
Impact
Lawn
Merkel
Moro ghost town
Mount Pleasant ghost town
Nubia ghost town
Potosi
Ovalo
Shep ghost town
Trent
Tuscola
Tye
View
Wylie

Contiguous Counties:
Jones County (N) Shackelford County (NE)
Callahan County (E) Coleman County (SE)
Runnels County (S) Nolan County (W)
Mitchell County (NW)


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