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Malone is a small town in southeastern Hill County, on State Highway 171 and Farm Road 308, about fifteen miles southeast of Hillsboro.

Malone's story begins in 1884 or 1885, when pioneer settler Alonzo Dru Walling laid out a townsite and named it Walling after himself.

In 1902 the community picked up and moved two miles east so it could become a stop on the International-Great Northern Railroad.

The new town of Malone was platted where the I-GN line would cross the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway, and its lots were sold at public auction on December 2, 1903 — about 125 people were already there that day.

Malone boomed quickly: within a decade the incorporated town counted thirty businesses, including eight grocery stores, two banks, four cotton gins, and two hotels.

At its mid-1920s peak Malone had about 550 residents, and its high school and elementary school together enrolled 400 students.

A Texas historical marker in Malone celebrates the town's proud German heritage — German immigrants began moving into Hill County in the 1880s.

The 2020 census counted 237 people in Malone, down from 488 in 1920.

In the 2000 census, Malone's 278 residents lived in 107 households.

Malone covers less than half a square mile — just 0.46 square miles in total.