Lavon; Resting Place of John Abston, the Only Veteran of the Revolutionary War Buried in North Texas
Blackland Prairie and fresh water provided by Bear Creek attracted settlers to the area that would become Lavon in the mid-1850s. In 1888, the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway laid tracks through the area and the community adopted the name Lavon in honor of Lavon Thompson, the son of E. C. Thompson, who operated the town’s post office. The flag stop served as a commercial center for farmers and increased the population of Lavon from an estimated twenty-five in the late 1880s to 300 by the turn of the 20th Century. In 1913, the Daughters of the American Revolution marked the grave of John Abston, who fought in the battle of King’s Mountain and was buried near Lavon. The population of Lavon nearly reached 200 between the 30s and 40s, and in 1940 five businesses served its residents. These population and business figures varied only slightly between 1940 and 1980, despite the construction of Lavon Lake in 1952–53, two miles west of town. Lake Lavon did bring picnickers, boaters and fishermen to replace farmers as the most frequent visitors to the community. Today, census shows the population of Lavong to be just over 2,000 residents.
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