Eden, Texas, Concho County. (original) (raw)
Eden, Texas
Photo courtesy John Cooper
History in a Pecan Shell
The town was not named after the biblical garden but after one Frederick Ede (the 'n' was added later), a settler who moved to Concho County in the early 1880s. In fact it was Ede who donated land for the townsite and townsquare. He was thus honored when the town was granted a post office in 1883.
By 1890 Eden had a population of 107 and growth was steady and promising. 1908 brought a public windmill and well. Eden incorporated in 1911.
In 1912 Eden became the end of the line for a stretch of track of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad running from Lometa.
The town had 600 people in 1914 and got its own school district in 1920.
The population went from 600 in 1925 to 1,603 in 1941. The population peaked in 1954 with 1,993 people.
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Concho County 1940s map showing Eden
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
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