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| | Handbook of Texas Online: VAN HORN, TX |
 | | By 1911, when the county was organized, Van Horn was the logical choice to become the county seat. |
 | | By 1914, when the new courthouse was completed, Van Horn's population was estimated at 500, and the town had a bank, two newspapers, six cattle breeders, two general stores, a hotel, a telephone company, an ice and feed store, a drugstore, a flsmith, and a meat market. |
 | | Van Horn was incorporated on September 1, 1945, and G. Langdon was elected the first mayor; among the city government's first orders of business was paying $25,000 for the privately-owned water plant, three wells, and a 13,000-gallon tank. |
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