COMMUNITIES

2007 Est. Pop.: 349. Location: 25 miles south of Abilene on U.S. Highway 84. History: Lawn originally was founded in 1894 but a second settlement called New Lawn formed in 1909 where the town is located today when the Santa Fe Railroad bypassed the original town site. New Lawn had previously been known as Jim Ned, in honor of a ...

2007 Est. Pop:  282. Location: 44 miles north of Abilene on State Highway 6 at Farm Road 1597 in Jones County. History:  The earliest farming efforts in the Lueders area, nestled along part of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, date to the mid-1850s. Ranching activities soon followed. Representatives of the Webb and Hill Land and Cattle Company spearheaded ...

Location: Lytle Lake is located in southeast Abilene, just north of Loop 322 and Oldham Lane. History: Work began in 1897 to impound Lytle Creek, named after early settler John Lytle, to form Lytle Lake. The new reservoir originally served as a water supply for Abilene, but it was drought prone. In 1917-18 the lake went completely dry, prompting the ...