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We would like to provide the residents of  Elmo  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Elmo Home page. The Elmo Home page provides as much information as possible on Elmo. Knowing Elmo’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Elmo’s Home page, you will also find Elmo’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Elmo has a population of 1729. 43.2% of Elmo’s inhabitants are Male, and 56.8 are female. 37% of Elmo is married and 53.3% own their own home. Household median income in Elmo is $48,813, and the individual median income is $24,282. Elmo’s Ethnic is the following: White(76.8%), Black(23.2%).


Elmo's history begins in 1870 when the Texas and Pacific Railway laid track through the area. A community sprang up at the railhead, and it was decided that the new town be named to honor Elmo Scott, a T&P Railroad surveyor. Elmo received a post office in 1873 and by the mid-1880s possessed several mills, five churches, its own schools and approximately 900 residents.


Through the remainder of the 19th century, however, the population fell and by 1945 only 150 people called Elmo home. By 1990 this figure had fallen to 90; it remained at this level through to the 2000 Census.In 1892, Elmo residents adopted a resolution declaring a sundown town, prohibiting African Americans from living there and forcing existing black residents to leave.


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