Champion, Texas, Nolan County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

The town dates from 1905 and it had its own post office � albeit briefly (1907-09). Alton Griffin is credited with operating the town�s first store and although no population figures are available prior to 1940 � the figure for the census that year was a mere 50 people. That year the town consisted of the store, a church and a blacksmith. The decades passed and the population declined to where on 16 people resided there by 1980 and it was only half of that by 2000.

Champion Baptist Church
Photo courtesy of Mike Price, December, 2008

Champion Texas Today

Photographer's Note:

All that remains of Champion except for the cemetery. Located on highway 1230 4 miles south of I-20 about 10 miles WSW of Roscoe. -

Mike Price, December 08, 2007

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