Lavon, Texas

Lavon is out by Dallas. Lavon has a Sonic (“Half-Price Shake After 8 p.m.”) and a Big Daddy’s Roadhouse BBQ, Established 1999 (“Nationally Acclaimed”). There is even a barn barely standing. Lots of good-size house on decent lots, too. Lake Lavon is near by.

One housing area is on Corn Silk Drive. The concrete streets and the brick houses most likely grow on what used to be a big corn pasture. There are streets named Austin, Crockett and Bowie. Outside of town there are even some farms remaining.

Wikipedia says the 2010 population was 2,219. That makes Lavon a small town. That number also is a 473.4% increase from the 2000 population of 387.

The city web site says Lavon “is a growth community with a vision and strategic plan focused on maintaining a rural atmosphere while encouraging commercial and residential development.”

Uh-huh.

http://cityoflavon.com/

“In 1980 the newly incorporated Lavon had one business serving 306 residents. In 1990 the population was 303.”

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hll23