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Munday History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally called
Maud after a popular citizen, the town evolved from the humble
building of its first store in 1893. The following year storekeeper
R.P. Munday applied for a post office and submitted his name on the
application - which was granted. Maud became Munday by post decree.
Even in its infantcy, Munday was split into East and West sections.
In 1903 the storekeepers and businesses in West Munday moved
to East Munday, forming a single and united town. Three years
later the railroad began service and made Munday Knox
County's dominant town, although it doesn't seem to have tried
to become the county seat.
Earlier statistics are not available, but the 1940 population shows
over 1,500 citizens in Munday, growing to a peak of 2,270 just ten
years later. Cotton processing
was always a major economic factor, but irrigation permitted farmers
to diversify into vegetable crops. In 1971 Texas A&M University opened
research facility here. The population dropped to 1,978 in 1960, 1,762
ten years later and 1,600 in 1990. |
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Munday, Texas
Today
Photographer's
Note:
"There is something new to see every time it is visited."
- Barclay
Gibson. |
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