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At its height, Gorman housed a grain elevator of the George P. Sexton company, a U.S. Post Office named for the town, a school, a blacksmith shop and a mercantile. The population of Gorman in 1911 was estimated to be about 400 people, including the nearby farms. By 1920, the population was reduced to
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