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LAVON, TEXAS
Collin
County, Central
Texas North
33° 1' 36" N, 96° 26' 18" W (33.026667, -96.438333)
Highway 78
2 Miles E of Lavon Lake
Just NE of the Dallas City
Limits
Population: 3,542 Est. (2018)
2,219 (2010) 387 (2000) 303 (1990)
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Lavon St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Depot
Vintage
photo courtesy Joe Wetzel
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Settled as early
as the 1850s, things didn’t get a good start until the arrival of
the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad in 1888. The town was named
after the first name of the son of the town’s postmaster, E. C. Thompson.
The railroad morphed into the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
and the town grew from a mere 25 residents to nearly 300 by 1910.
It leveled off to around 200 from 1930 through the 1970s. Lavon Lake
was constructed in the early 1950s, although no noticeable increase
in population resulted. The 1980 Census gave the population as 306
which has since increased to 387 for the year 2000, and 2,219 in 2010. |
Photographer's
Note
Subject: Lavon Texas
The one old building
is all that remains of what was a very sparse downtown, if you could
ever call it that. The little shrine on the side with the pump sets
over a well or cistern.
Lavon has exploded so fast I doubt if they know what has hit them.
- Mike
Price, October 16, 2007 |
"The one
old building is all that remains of what was a very sparse downtown"
Photo
courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
The
old building for sale
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
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