Anton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Anton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Anton was founded in 1924 near the center of the north pasture of the former Spade Ranch when ranch owner William Leonard Ellwood contracted with the Anton Townsite Company to plat a town at the site of Danforth Switch, a spur of the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway. The town was named in honor of J.F. Anton, a Santa Fe railroad executive.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Anton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Anton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAnton Texas dustbowl downtown in …, 1937: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Anton
See all 1 →Anton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Anton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Anton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tubbs-Carlisle House in Lubbock, 19.8 miles away.
Anton and the nearest listed places
Closest to Anton
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Anton Texas dustbowl downtown in 1937 by Dorothea Lange (1937) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.