Anson
“Cross Roads of West Texas”

County seat of Jones County and founded in 1881, Anson was named for Dr. Anson Jones, architect of Texas statehood and last president of the Republic of Texas. Nearby are ruins of Fort Phantom Hill, a military post established in 1851 and later used as Station 54 for Southerland Overland Mail on the old Butterfield Trail. The close proximity to Abilene provides Anson residents with the serenity of small town living with all the amenities of the big city. Anson’s public schools received recognition by Texas Monthly as “Best of the Best” among schools in its economic category. Three Hollywood movies were filmed in or near Anson (Independence Day, Stars Fell on Henrietta and Abilene). Ghost hunters frequent Anson in search of the “Lights of Anson”, a phenomenon that appears at the Mt. Hope Cemetery and is featured in the book Ghosts in the Graveyard by Olyve Hallmark Abbot and in Texas Monthly. Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 351, Anson TX 79501, 325-823-3259, ansonchamber@classicnet.net

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