Original sentence: A post office was established in 1879, upon which the town's name was changed to Seymour, after local cowboy Seymour Munday, after whom nearby Munday was also named.Business, a newspaper, a hotel, and the county courthouse all followed soon after, as did violence between cowboys and settlers.The population grew from 500 in 1884 to almost 3800 in 1950; it remained at about that level for more than thirty years, but has declined since, to 2908 in the 2000 census.The town was founded by settlers from Oregon, who called the town Oregon City; it was originally located where the Western Trail crossed the Brazos River, which flows just south of the townsite
Edited sentence: A post office was established in 1879, at which time the town's name was changed to honor local cowboy Seymour Munday, after whom nearby Munday was also named.Commerce, a newspaper, a hotel, and the county courthouse all followed soon after, as did violence between cowboys and settlers.Seymour was founded by settlers from Oregon, who called the town Oregon City; it was originally located where the Western Trail crossed the Brazos River, which flows just south of the townsite.The population grew from 500 in 1884 to almost 3800 in 1950; it remained at about that level for more than thirty years, but has declined since to 2,908 in the 2000 census