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CRANDALL, TEXAS
Kaufman County,
Central Texas
North
32°37'39"N 96°27'12"W (32.627407, -96.453276).
US Hwy 175, FM 148 and FM 3039
9 miles NW of Kaufman the county seat
24 miles SE of Dallas
ZIP code 75114
Area codes 214, 469, 945, 972
Population: 4,017 est.(2019)
2,858 (2010) 2,274 (2000) 1,652 (1990)
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Little was happening
in this part of Kaufman
County prior to the arrival of the railroad in 1880 (the Texas
Trunk Line). The namesake for the community was the Reverend C. F.
Crandall who donated part of his land to allow the railroad to go
through.
It instantly became a shipping point and in 1881 the town had its
own post office. By the mid 1880s, the town had a population of fifty
souls, it’s economic welfare fed by a gin and gristmill. When the
population wasn’t eating grist, they attended church or school (one
of each).
By 1890 the town was straining its seams with a population of 150
which grew to 251 by 1904. By the mid-1920s Crandall had fifty businesses
to tend to the needs of its population of 750.
The Depression depleted the population somewhat and then WWII
and the postwar era lured more people to the cities in search of higher
paying jobs. The 1943 population was given as 500 residents which
increased to over 1,600 by the 1990 census.
The 2010 census was 2,858. |
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Donut Supreme
in Crandall
Photo courtesy Brad
Molgaard, August 2021 |
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