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July 2007 - Wylie ranks #8 nationwide in growth by Forbes.com
historic old Wylie
The town was
originally named Nickelville when it was settled in the 1870s and was situated
half a mile south of the current center. When the railroad (The Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe) came through in 1886 – the town moved and changed their name to
Wylie – after the railroad’s right-of-way agent.
That same year the town incorporated and was granted a post office. In 1888 a
second railroad - the St. Louis Southwestern Railway reached Wylie.
Wylie had a population of 400 in 1890 and it nearly doubled to 773 in 1900.
Dairy farming was responsible for helping Wylie grow during the Great
Depression. The population was 914 in 1940.
Following World War II the population continued to increase doubling to 1,804 by
the 1960 census. In the next twenty years the population doubled again. Wylie
has now spread into Rockwall and Dallas counties.
And the New Wylie
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