| 词条 | Afton, Texas |
| 释义 |
| name = Afton, Texas | native_name = | settlement_type = unincorporated community | image_skyline = Afton Texas Patton Springs School.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Patton Springs School | map_caption = Location of Afton | pushpin_map = Texas#USA | pushpin_relief = yes | pushpin_label = Afton | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = Map of Texas | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|33|45|46|N|100|49|00|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = [1] | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Texas}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Dickens | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Llano Estacado | established_title = Established | established_date = 1893 | founder = | unit_pref = US | elevation_footnotes =[1] | elevation_ft = 2536 | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | timezone1 = CST | utc_offset1 = -6 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 806 | website = | footnotes = }}Afton is an unincorporated community in northern Dickens County, Texas, United States.[2] HistoryA post office was established in the community under the name Beckton in 1893, and the name was changed to Afton in 1900.[3] The present name is derived from the poem Sweet Afton by Robert Burns.[4] EducationThe Patton Springs Independent School District serves area students. Notable people
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References1. ^1 {{cite gnis|id=1350902|name=Afton}} 2. ^{{GNIS|1350902}} 3. ^{{Handbook of Texas|id=hla07|name=Afton}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Tarpley|first=Fred|title=1001 Texas Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4B7n7pJyZIC&pg=PA5|date=5 July 2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-78693-6|page=5}} External links
2 : Unincorporated communities in Texas|Unincorporated communities in Dickens County, Texas |
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