grew less cotton. The town's post office closed in 1917, and its population was estimated at 168 in the mid-1920s. Crafton's population had further declined to fifty by 1950 and reached twenty in 1986. The town's population was still twenty in 2000. Notable people Amon G. Carter, publisher and promoter of Fort Worth, Texas, was born in a log cabin just outside of Crafton. Carter lived there for just a few years, but thought positively of his time there, and after visiting in the 1930s he attempted to purchase the Presbyterian church's bell, as his mother had attended the church. He was unsuccessful in this effort, but instead got the Baptist Church's bell. In his later years, Carter donated funds for an all-faith tabernacle in Crafton. Notes References Bibliography Towns in Wise County, Texas