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Hamshire, Texas
History
"... It was
probably named for Lovan Hamshire, an area land developer active as
early as the 1870s. Hamshire was on the Gulf and Interstate Railway
and secured a post office in 1897...." - From Handbook of
Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hlh19.html |
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