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Eden, Texas
Photo courtesy John Cooper |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The town was not
named after the biblical garden but after one Frederick Ede (the 'n'
was added later), a settler who moved to Concho
County in the early 1880s. In fact it was Ede who donated land
for the townsite and townsquare. He was thus honored when the town
was granted a post office in 1883.
By 1890 Eden had a population of 107 and growth was steady and promising.
1908 brought a public windmill and well. Eden incorporated in 1911.
In 1912 Eden became the end of the line for a stretch of track of
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad running from Lometa.
The town had 600 people in 1914 and got its own school district in
1920.
The population went from 600 in 1925 to 1,603 in 1941. The population
peaked in 1954 with 1,993 people.
The Rivas Cinema Theater
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Eden, Texas
Chronicles:
Who
Killed Oliver Thornton?
by C. F. Eckhardt
Oliver Thornton is no more than a footnote in the history of Western
outlawry—a man who wouldn’t be more than a name on a tombstone had
he not chanced to get himself murdered... Read
full article
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Concho
County 1940s map showing Eden
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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