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MERTZON,
TEXASIrion County
Seat, West Texas
Hwy 67 and FM 2469
26 miles SW of San
Angelo
Population:
839 (2000) 778 (1990)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The town was named after M. L. Mertz who was a director of the Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient Railway. A post office was opened in 1908
and the railroad entered Irion County in 1911 bypassing the Sherwood
by a mere 1.5 miles. The town incorporated in 1933 and an election
was held in 1936 to determine which town would be the county seat.
Sherwood lost.
Battle of Dove Creek - Nearby is the site of the Battle of
Dove Creek ... next
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The only other towns in Irion County besides Mertzon and Sherwood
are Knickerbocker,
which was a truly unruly place in the 19th Century and Barnhart
in the extreme Southwestern corner of the county. The combined population
of all towns in Irion County does not exceed 2,000 persons.
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