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The county was organized after an
election held on January 20, 1881, and in April the Nolan County
Court declared that Sweetwater was to be the new permanent county
seat. The county is named for Phillip Nolan, one of the first
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The townsite was on the Texas and Pacific
Railway, which had built into the area that March. The first
newspaper in Nolan County, the Sweetwater Advocate, was published in
1881. Though a blizzard in February 1885 destroyed much of the
livestock in the area, settlers continued to move into Nolan County.
By 1890 there were 144 ranches and farms, and the population had
increased to 1,573. |
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Rev. Hampton McKinney was already
living at the site and later constructed the McKinney Inn at the
location. On February 25, 1848, Thomas Smith donated 100 acres of
land at the McKinney site, and C. C. Taylor was employed to
construct a town plot. José Antonio Navarro chose the name Corsicana
in honor of the Isle of Corsica, his father's birthplace.
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Cities and towns
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Blackwell (partly in Coke County)
Champion
Decker
Highland
Hylton
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Maryneal
Nolan
Roscoe
Sweetwater
Wastella
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