The Anna Depot: How a Town Saved the Oldest Railroad Station in Texas
The 1885 Anna Depot is the oldest surviving railroad station in Texas. Here is how it was built, nearly lost, and moved board by board to Sherley Heritage Park downtown.
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Before the City, Before the Depot: The Longer Story of How Anna Got Its Name and Its Start
Anna is famous for its 1885 railroad depot, but the town's origins run deeper — a contested namesake, a lost neighbor called Mantua, an 1883 platting of twenty people, and the founding families whose names still mark the map.
Farm Town to Suburb: What's Left of Anna's Cotton and Grain Economy
Long before Anna was a commuter town on the US-75 corridor, its whole reason for existing was moving cotton and grain to market. A look at the working farmland that's disappearing under new subdivisions, and the one big development trying to keep a piece of it alive.
Keeping the Taps Running: How Anna Is Rebuilding Its Water System for 35,000 People and Counting
Anna's drinking water comes from a blend of seven city-owned wells and purchased surface water, a supply system built for a much smaller town. Here is where that water actually comes from, why it runs hard, and what the city is doing to keep pace with the growth.
Anna ISD Is Building Schools About as Fast as It Can. Here Are the Nine Campuses.
In roughly five years Anna ISD's enrollment jumped from about 3,800 to more than 6,100 students. A parent's guide to all nine current campuses, how new each one is, and what the 2022 bond is about to add.
How Anna's City Hall Actually Works: A Plain-English Guide to the Council-Manager System
Anna runs on a council-manager form of government, with an elected mayor and six at-large council members setting policy and an appointed city manager running the day-to-day operations. Here is who does what, and why it matters for a town growing this fast.