FIRST - Building - Dawn, TX
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 34° 54.623 W 102° 11.986
13S E 755839 N 3866684
A few homes, and small buildings. Not much to call a "town". Saw no businesses. Between Hereford and Canyon, driving is easy.
Waymark Code: WM12ZT4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2020
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County of Marker: Deaf Smith County
Location of Marker: US-60, N. svc. rd., Dawn
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: 1970
Marker Text:
TOWN OF DAWN
Had second post office in county, in 1889. Named by pioneers who saw here the "Dawning of a New Country."
Santa Fe Railroad Station House (a box car) was first building on site, 1905. Town was developed by W. E. Neal and sons in 1914, with lumber yard, hotel, bank and store. Now center of farming industry.
(1970)
More history and Photos can be found here: Dawn
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