Munday, Texas, Knox County. (original) (raw)

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.

Munday, Texas Today

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