Sagerton is an

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in Haskell County,

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, United States.

History

According to the Handbook of Texas, the community was established in 1905 and named for W. M. Sager, the townsite donor. It was a shipping point for locally grown agricultural products such as cotton, cattle, and poultry on the newly constructed . Beginning in 1909, the Stamford and Northwestern Railway, stretching from Stamford to

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, also provided rail service. Fires in 1917 and 1926 caused extensive property damage, and the town's bank, organized in 1908, failed in 1931.

Geography

Sagerton is located at the intersection of Texas State Highway 283 and Farm to Market Road 1661 in the Rolling Plains region of

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, about to the east of the Double Mountain Fork, a major tributary of the upper Brazos River. The Double Mountain Fork and the Salt Fork merge to form the Brazos River (proper) just to the north of Sagerton.

Population

Sagerton was never a large town.Robert E. Sherrill, Haskell County History (Haskell, Texas: Haskell Free Press, 1965). The population rose to 300 in 1940 and fell to 115 in 1980. According to the 2000 Census, the estimated population of Sagerton has remained at around 115 residents.

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