Girvin (Texas)

Girvin is a town in Pecos County in the U.S. state of Texas.

Geography

Girvin is located in west-central Texas, 51 kilometers northeast of Fort Stockton near the Pecos River at the intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and Farm Road 11 at an altitude of 709 meters above the sea level.

History

The place was originally called Granada, the first settlers arrived in the 1890s in the area. In 1900 the town was renamed in Girvin after significant ranchers in the area, John H. Girvin. 1912 reached the railway line of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway the place, which spread around the station. A year later a post office was opened in the next few years a school. 1924 Girvin had 15 inhabitants, a shop, a hotel and a restaurant and served as a local shopping center for the surrounding farms and ranches.

With the discovery of the Yates oil field 1926 Girvin became a supply point for the surrounding oil production sites and in 1929 connected to the electricity grid. The first, built of wood in the 1920s school building was replaced in 1930 by a brick building. In the immediate vicinity of the town In 1931 a factory for salt extraction.

When in 1933 the U.S. Highway 67 was built at Girvin past, the place lost its importance, and the population dropped to 75 in 1939. Located on Highway a new urban center, which was also called Girvin was born. The freight traffic by Girvin presented the railway company 1944, with closure of the station in 1955 and passenger traffic. 1963 Girvin still had 30 inhabitants in total, and in 1967 the original place Girvin was abandoned, leaving only the settlement on U.S. Highway existed. 2000, there were about 30 people in Girvin.