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Three oil towns argue for decades, then become Baytown
1948
Baytown, Texas
Patrick Feller · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Goose Creek, Pelly and the Humble Oil company town of Baytown shared schools, churches and a newspaper long before they shared a government. Every attempt to consolidate broke down over which of the three had been settled first. Wartime expansion of the refinery finally forced the question, and on January 24, 1948 they merged under the Baytown name.
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