Santa Anna TX
N 31° 44.533 W 099° 19.432
14R E 469323 N 3511908
The tiny town of Santa Anna, still bumping along in its post-industrial phase
Waymark Code: WMV1F6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2017
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Not named for the Mexican dictator, the small Texas town of Santa Anna was a bustling industrial glass-production town when the WPA writers visited. The bottle plant closed in the 1940s, and the Santa Anna Silica and and Gravel Company closed in 1964. See: (
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The WPA writers found a busy town of 1800, but in the 2010 US census, only 1100 people lived here.
From Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State:
"The business center of SANTA ANNA, 80 m. (1,743 alt., 1,883 pop.), lies in a curve facing the slopes of Santa Anna Mountain. A nearby deposit of high-grade silica is responsible for the town's leading industrial plant, a glass factory with an output of a carload of bottles a day."
Waymark coordinates are for the Santa Anna City Hall.