Zephyr, Texas
Unincorporated community in Brown County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Zephyr
Zephyr is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Brown County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Zephyr had a population of 179.
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How Zephyr is governed
Zephyr appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Brown County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Zephyr does have local officials.
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Residents of Zephyr
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History
The community was initially on the banks of Blanket Creek in 1850. The name "Zephyr", meaning a soft, gentle wind, was first used by land surveyors trapped in the area during a blue norther. In 1863, the Lazarus Vann family arrived in the vicinity. They were joined by other families over the next few years. Zephyr's first store opened in 1878 and a post office was established the next year. In 1885, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway completed a line from Brownwood to Lampasas that missed Zephyr by roughly a mile. Store owner J. M. Wilson moved his store and the post office one mile west of Zephyr's initial location to its present site. The community later became a stop on the railroad. On May 30, 1909, an F4 tornado struck Zephyr, killing 34 people and injuring 70. Most of the deaths occurred in residential areas on Zephyr's southern and eastern sides. To date, the Zephyr tornado remains one of the deadliest in Texas history. Zephyr rebuilt and had a long period of growth. By 1940, the population stood around 750. Zephyr's economy depended on cotton, but a boll weevil infestation and deteriorating market conditions caused the community's last gin to close in the early 1940s. The population had fallen below 300 during the 1960s and remained at that level into the 1970s. During the final decades of the 20th century, Zephyr was home to around 198 people and had two businesses. That figure remained constant through 2000. In 1989, Zephyr had First Baptist, Methodist, and Churches of Christ and was a farming and ranching community.
Zephyr has a post office with the zip code 76890.
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