Editing Adrian, Texas (section)

==History==
[[File:Adrian, Texas.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Remnants of more prosperous times along Route 66 in Adrian]]
The community originated in 1900, when the Rock Island Railroad survey marked the site as a future station and shipping point. Former [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]] Calvin G. Aten was one of the area's first settlers. He built a dugout west of the site for his family.<ref name="Texas Handbook">{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hla06 | title = Adrian, Texas | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | access-date = 2009-07-21}}</ref> The town was named after another early settler, Adrian Cullen. In 1909, the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway]] was completed through Adrian. The [[Iowa]]-based American-Canadian Land and Townsite Company attracted prospective farmers and businessmen to the community.<ref name="Texas Handbook"/> J.P. Collier set up a printing press and dug a water well, running water pipe for the town's first infrastructure.<ref name="Texas Escapes"/> By 1910, Adrian had a post office, several stores, and a newspaper – the ''Adrian Eagle''. Approximately 50 people were living in the community in 1915. The slow growth rate was attributed to a lengthy drought and the difficulty of maintaining a sufficient water supply. Adrian became a stopping point for travelers on Route 66 and a shipping point for area wheat growers. A grain elevator was built in 1929 and the community organized a volunteer fire department during the 1940s.

Adrian was incorporated in 1953 and adopted a mayor-council form of government.<ref name="Texas Handbook"/> During the latter half of the 20th century, the population hovered around 220. By 2000, Adrian's population had declined to 159. It is one of two incorporated places in Oldham County; the other is the city of [[Vega, Texas|Vega]].