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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town dates
from 1905 and it had its own post office – albeit briefly (1907-09).
Alton Griffin is credited with operating the town’s first store and
although no population figures are available prior to 1940 – the figure
for the census that year was a mere 50 people. That year the town
consisted of the store, a church and a blacksmith. The decades passed
and the population declined to where on 16 people resided there by
1980 and it was only half of that by 2000. |
Champion Baptist
Church
Photo
courtesy of Mike
Price, December, 2008 |
Champion Texas
Today
Photographer's
Note:
All that remains of Champion except for the cemetery. Located on highway
1230 4 miles south of I-20 about 10 miles WSW of Roscoe. -
Mike
Price, December 08, 2007 |
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