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History in
Pecan Shell
Named for Philip
Nolan, (who died in 1801), the community dates from the 1850s.
The 1850 census counted 46 residents.
The town had once been known as Nolan Valley. Nolanville had
once been the name for present-day Belton
but when the county seat was established there in 1852, the name was
changed from Nolanville to Belton.
The community (one of the first in Bell
County) received a post office under the name Nolan Valley
in 1878. Around the time the railroad arrived, (early 1880s) the community
used the name Nolanville.
In the mid 1880s the population reached 100. The community maintained
a population estimated from 150 to 200 through the end of WWII.
Postwar prosperity lured residents away in search of higher paying
jobs (and perhaps adventure) and in the 1950s, the population fell
to a mere 50 residents.
A slow increase came about in the early 1960s and Nolanville went
back to a solid population of 200. It incorporated in 1966 just before
it became part of a Ft. Hood / Killeen
growth spurt. From a 1968 population of just 750, it grew to 1,726
by 1988. The 2000 census counted 2,150 people while the 2010 population
was listed as 4,440. |
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