The Rise and Fall of Calvin: A Historical Overview of a Red River County Community


By: Claudia Hazlewood

Published: 1952

Updated: December 1, 1994

Calvin, a farming community on a mail route from Clarksville in Red River County, reported one business and a population of seventy-five in 1930. By 1940 its population had dropped to fifty, and by 1984 Calvin no longer existed.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Claudia Hazlewood, “Calvin, TX (Red River County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/calvin-tx-red-river-county.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TID: HVC14

1952
December 1, 1994

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Place
Calvin
Currently Exists
No
Place Type
Town
Town Fields
  • Has post office: No
  • Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to
  • Red River County

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