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History in
a Pecan Shell
Once known as Damon's Mound after a geologic outcropping that
stands above the coastal prairie, both mound and town are named after
Samuel Damon who settled here in the early 1830s.
Growth was slow, but by 1890 the community had 100 people, essential
businesses and a post office under the name of Damon Mound.
After closing in the early 1890s, it reopened in 1895 under the shortened
name of Damon. The population had fallen to only 40 by 1896.
Things improved when the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad
ran a spur from Rosenberg to Damon
in 1918. The population reached 300 by the mid 1920s, declining slightly
to 260 with the arrivial of the Great Depression. The population remained
at nearly 400 from the late 1940s through the 1980s. It is listed
on the 2007 state map as 535. |
Photographer's
Note:
Damon used to be known as Damon's Mound - a salt dome. This dome was
visible as you approached it on this prairie. Now there are so many
trees lining the highway you cannot see the mound shape like you could
when I was last there 40 years ago. - Ken
Rudine, July 23, 2007 |
Planet Damon
tank
Photo
courtesy Ken
Rudine, July 2007
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