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History in
a Pecan Shell
Named for rancher
John Pettit who founded his ranch here (1922) on land previously
owned by the famed Yellow House and Slaughter ranches.
The town’s first store opened in the mid 1920s and later that decade
a gin was opened. A post office opened its doors in 1935 and the
region had its own school district from the late 20s until the mid
1960s when it merged with Llevelland
schools.
The postwar
population remained below 100 and despite the founding of the Great
Plains Boys Ranch in the late 1950s, the community has been in a
slow decline since. In 1976 there was still a gin and a post office
at Pettit. In 1980 the population was given as 26 and remained there
through 1990. The town no longer appears on the state map and the
2000 population is unknown.
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Pettit High
School
Photographer's
Note:
This is the school at Pettit Texas. Pettit is in northern Hockley
County. The school was active from 1928-1964, when it consolidated
with Llevelland.
- Stephen
Taylor, October 08, 2008 |
Hockley
County 1940s map showing Pettit
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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