In the summer of that same year, Charles P. Nance stepped off the train into a field of sunflowers at a place known as Duncan Switch.
Charles P. Nance and Chris Horne opened the first business in the area, a store near this site of Duncan Switch.
Nance applied for a post office for Duncan but was denied because there was already a Duncan, Texas.
He then changed the name to Duncanville. On Oct. 12, 1882, the post office was approved and opened in the store.
In the summer of that same year, Charles P. Nance stepped off the train into a field of sunflowers at a place known as Duncan Switch.
Charles P. Nance and Chris Horne opened the first business in the area, a store near this site of Duncan Switch.
Nance applied for a post office for Duncan but was denied because there was already a Duncan, Texas.
He then changed the name to Duncanville. On Oct. 12, 1882, the post office was approved and opened in the store.
Gravesite Details
Prominent Wheatland Area Citizens Rest in Wheatland Cemetery
Family Members
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Leonard Nance
1886–1953
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Wilkie Collins Nance
1888–1949
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Allen Quilla Nance
1890–1972
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Winnie D. Nance
1892–1977
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Obie Lee "Pete" Nance
1894–1953
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George McFall Nance
1896–1965
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Sallie Ellen Nance Stowe Redburn
1898–1984
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Katherine J. "Kate" Nance Stowe
1900–1990
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David Woodson Nance
1902–1962
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Fred Bluford Nance
1906–1967
