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Spur is a city in Dickens County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,088. Spur earned its name from the Spur Ranch, which formerly included the townsite. E. P. Swenson and his associates purchased the Spur Ranch in 1907 and began subdividing the land for sale to settlers. Charles Adam Jones, then manager of the Spur interest, played the leading role in persuading Daniel Willard, head of the Burlington Railroad, to route a proposed railway line northwest from Stamford through the future site of Spur. On November 1, 1909, the first train of the Stamford and Northwestern passed through the new depot at Spur as the town was opened. www.tshaonline.org