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History in
a Pecan Shell
Although a few
early settlers occupied the site in the 1890s, the community acknowledges
J. F. Willingham and family as the founders. The Willinghams arrived
here between 1906 and 1908.
A one-room school that doubled as a church was in operation soon after
the Willinghams arrived and a post office was opened in 1925. The
school was called Plainview, but when that name was submitted it was
rejected because the Hale
County seat of government was already using it.
The application was resubmitted bearing the current name (for Lenorah
Epley, a county clerk may or may not have had a hand in submitting
the application). Things were quiet in this part of West Texas and
Lenorah rode out the Great Depression as a farming community with
about the same troubles as other West Texas communities. After WWII,
the Lenorah school merged with Grady, Texas.
An infusion of cash came with oil discoveries in the region in the
1950s. In 1990 the town still had two operating gins as well as the
post office and two other stores. The 1980 census counted 70 residents
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