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Downtown Bomarton
Vintage Photo courtesy Carolyn Loffler |
History in
a Pecan Shell
This once-prosperous
town was named for settler W. H. Bomar. Things got off to a promising
start with the arrival of the Wichita Valley Railroad in 1906. Bomarton
was now connected to both Seymour
and Abilene. A post
office in the store of Tom McClure was established the same year.
By 1910 Bomarton had had a school for three years and two churches
that were constructed about the same time.
Two cotton gins were soon added to the town's list of businesses and
Bomarton had an innovative public grazing area dairy cattle.
From a population of 580 in 1920, Bomarton reached its high-water
mark in 1930 with 600 Bomartonites. The town sailed through the Great
Depression with a decline of only 2 people. But the town wasn't so
lucky after WWII
when it dropped dramatically. By 1960 it was already down to 150 and
twenty years later there were only 27 people calling the place home.
The 1990 figure was given as 23. |
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St. John's Catholic
Church in Bomarton
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, 2005
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Bomarton, Texas
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Subject: Bomarton,
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I was reading what you have about Bomarton, Texas. I lived there from
about the age of three until I was 10 yrs. old. I started school there
and have fond memories [of that town]. My parents & grandparents lived
there many years. I am sending this photo (see top photo) of Bomarton.
I don't know the year it was taken since it was handed down to me
from my uncle's estate. I remember [during] my time there, we had
three grocery stores, two gas stations, three churches, the school
and the post office. - Carolyn Loffler, September 30, 2006 |
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