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SEYMOUR, TEXAS
Baylor
County Seat, Texas
Panhandle / Central
Texas North
33°35'30"N 99°15'39"W (33.591552, -99.260968)
Highways 82, 183, 283, and 277
and FM 422 and FM 1919
On the Brazos River
35 miles NW of Olney
32 miles E of Benjamin
23 miles NE of Munday
44 Miles S of Vernon
52 miles SW of Wichita
Falls
102 miles NE of Abilene
ZIP code 76380
Area code 940
Population: 2,575 (2020)
2,740 (2010) 2,908 (2000) 3,185 (1990)
Seymour Area Hotels › Wichita
Falls Hotels | Vernon
Hotels |
Courtesy
Lauren Bush, Economic Development Director, City of Seymour
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Originally the
town was named Oregon City after it was settled by people from
Oregon. The town grew around the crossing of the Brazos River with
the Western Trail. With the opening of the post office in 1879 the
town underwent a change of name to Seymour after a cowboy named Seymour
Munday. 1879 was a busy year with a newspaper appearing, the first
store opening and the post office opening.
An abbreviated timeline of significant events:
1880: A stone hotel was built and the Baylor county judge was killed.
1884: The Baylor
county courthouse was constructed when the town had a population
of 500.
1890: Construction of the Wichita Valley began after citizens raised
$50,000 to pay the railroad
1892: The town corporation was dissolved because of inability to meet
obligations. Population is 1,900.
1904: Population is 1,475
1906: Oil discovered and the town incorporated for the second time.
1950: Population reaches 3,778. |
Seymour, Texas
Landmarks/Attractions
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Whiteside Museum
of Natural History
Courtesy Lauren Bush, Economic Development Director, City of Seymour
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Baylor County
Museum
Courtesy
Lauren Bush, Economic Development Director, City of Seymour
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Baylor County
WWI & WWII
Memorial
Courtesy Lauren Bush, City of Seymour |
Seymour, Texas
Vintage Photos
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Seymour
Area Recreation
Millers Creek Reservoir -
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us.htm |
Seymour Chronicles
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Fishing Day by Mike Cox
Lake Kemp
From Old-time
Cowboy by Mike Cox
"In the summer of 1896, as a long-defunct magazine called the
Illustrated Texas Monthly noted the following year, the people of
Baylor County put together a reunion for old-time drovers and "[an]
exhibition of horseback athletics...." In other words, a rodeo.
The following year, during the first week of August, Seymour saw
its second cowboy reunion. An estimated 20,000 people showed up
for an event featuring "bronco bustin' by which the tenderfoot will
understand the breaking and riding of wild mustangs; steer-roping
in approved cow-boy style; and a notable gathering of Comanche Indians
under their chief, Quanah Parker...."
The magazine's editor opined that the Baylor County reunion-exhibition
had proven "creditable alike in its conception and its execution."
" more
Record
Heat in Texas - August 12, 1936 Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
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