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Afton, Texas
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>A post office was established in the community under the name Beckton in 1893, and the name was changed to Afton in 1900.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The present name is derived from the poem <i><a href="/facts/Sweet_Afton/0MaJYEqr">Sweet Afton</a></i> by <a href="/facts/Robert_Burns/IyBzAAPj">Robert Burns</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Patton_Springs_Independent_School_District/8sxWy4Gx">Patton Springs Independent School District</a> serves area students. </p> <h2 id="notable-person">Notable person</h2> <ul><li>Country musician <a href="/facts/Trent_Willmon/NyTxbwpX">Trent Willmon</a> was raised on a ranch near Afton.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Battle_of_Pease_River/d7AWN0PD">Battle of Pease River</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Little_Red_River_(Texas)/Lh5LT8h5">Little Red River</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pease_River/CjwnVj65">Pease River</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Quitaque_Creek/DoDPV3D5">Quitaque Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Salt_Fork_Brazos_River/KBwvNmQ2">Salt Fork Brazos River</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Washita_River/hTh5qJeV">Washita River</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wichita_River/AzHMsqKy">Wichita River</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hla07">Afton, TX</a> from the <i><a href="/facts/Handbook_of_Texas/GGCtBWN4">Handbook of Texas</a> Online</i></li> <li><a href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1350902">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Afton</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/lubbock-tx/cropping-systems-research-laboratory/wind-erosion-and-water-conservation-research/docs/llano/">Public domain photos of West Texas and the Llano Estacado</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Afton, Texas <a href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1350902" target="_blank">https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1350902</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Afton from the Handbook of Texas Online <a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hla07" target="_blank">https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hla07</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Tarpley, Fred (July 5, 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-292-78693-6. <a href="978-0-292-78693-6" target="_blank">978-0-292-78693-6</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>