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Homesteading in Harvey County
Burrton
A large group of Welsh settlers homesteaded
some land east of the present town of Burrton in September 1871.
The town site was laid out by the Arkansas Valley Town Company
in the spring of 1873. The plat was filed on September 6, 1873.
Mennonites settled in this area of
Harvey County which is located close to the Reno County border.
Burrton was named for I. T. Burr, who was vice-president of the
Santa Fe Railroad. Its previous name had been Valley.
Sources
Smurr, Linda C. ed. Harvey
County History. Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990.
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