Mangum, Texas

Mangum was an unincorporated town in Eastland County, Texas, United States.^[1] It was founded in the late 1890s at the intersection of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway (abandoned in 1967) and the Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad (abandoned in 1944). Mangum was named for the Bob Mangum family.^{[citation needed]} The town's population peaked in 1915 at 125; by 1936, only a handful of residents remained. In 2000, the population of Mangum was estimated at 15.^{[citation needed]}

History

In 1910, the town had a population of 300 people.^[2]: 295