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History in
a Pecan Shell
It was originally
known as Vesta when it was founded about 1875. The name was
changed to honor local landowner John Francis Sedwick when the community
became a station on the Texas Central Railroad.
A cotton gin was built about 1900, and a post office was established
in 1905 with Maude S. Randolph as postmistress. Sedwick grew suddenly
when oil was discovered nearby in 1921, although by 1940 the population
was only fifty, where it remained for about twenty years before declining.
The post office closed in the mid-1930s. The community was still listed
in the 2000 detailed county map. |
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