When was burleson tx founded

It was located not in a store, but a saloon. As soon as residents started getting their mail, they set about setting up a proper town. The population was in and cotton fueled the local economy. With an artesian well that supplied water to homes and businesses, Burleson's future seemed bright, but from a population of in it declined to by the mid s. During the s the population increased and by people called Burleson home. It was made a stop on the Cleburne-Fort Worth Interurban line in Grenville M.

Dodge, with the stipulation that he be allowed to name the proposed town. The depot building, still in existence, was to be built on his former farm. Accordingly, Renfro named the town after his mentor Rufus Burleson and it began to rise in its current location. He continued to prosper as a farmer and rancher as he preached widely in the area. Rufus Burleson initially sought a delay for the action, but Renfro was dismissed from the Baptist ministry.

However, Renfro continued to speak and teach on the subject until he died. It is believed that Renfro and his son James Burleson Burlie Renfro both contracted pneumonia on a short cattle drive from their ranch to Fort Worth, leading to their deaths within days of each other in March Some reported that he had recanted his more liberal leanings on his death bed, but his family strongly stated that he had not.

Despite their theological differences, Renfro and Rufus Burleson had apparently remained cordial through the years. Renfro was also well liked and highly regarded in the area.

Burleson led his funeral service which was attended by over 1, people. He returned to lead the sevice for Burlie. Henry and Burlie Renfro were both interred in the family plot in the cemetery of the church he had founded, Bethesda Baptist, between Alvarado and Burleson in Johnson County. Henry Renfro was survived by his wife and a daughter. In , his widow built a home in Burleson where she and later her daughter would live until the s, when the daughter died.

Renfro later married a Burleson resident named Clark. The home, known as the Renfro-Clark home, is located at Clark Street and bears a Texas historical marker and has been carefully restored and maintained over the years. The first lot in Burleson was sold in October, and a post office was opened the following year. The business district of the town suffered a devastating fire in Now considered to be a suburb of Fort Worth, for many decades, it remained a tiny community of under 1, During the heyday of the Interurban, it was a stop on the line running from Fort Worth to Cleburne until ridership declined with the popularity and availability of personal transportation by automobile.

This agreement also allowed Rev. Renfro to name the area Burleson, in honor of his teacher Dr. Burleson prospered as a stable agriculture-centered community.

It also engaged in the business of livestock farming. It built its first school in By the early s Burleson had its first post office, with John L.

In the area established its first institution of higher learning and named it the PreAlta Vista College, which eventually became Red Oak Academy. The school was run by the Presbyterians. An earlier community called Brushy Mound was just a mile south of Burleson; today, Brushy Mound is now part of Burleson. By the late 19th century Burleson continued to prosper and its population had been numbered to about Grocers, druggists, a general store and several cotton gin-gristmills had been operating in Burleson.

By this period the town had shipped 2, bales of cotton, 80 cars of harvested oats and wheats, and 30 cars of cottonseed. In Burleson launched its first newspaper the Burleson Banner.