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Moran is a small city in southeastern Shackelford County, Texas, at the intersection of State Highway 6 and Farm Road 576.

During the Civil War, pioneers built the temporary fortress settlement of Mugginsville on Deep Creek, five miles north of the future town site of Moran, and a branch of the Western Cattle Trail once passed nearby.

Moran began as Hulltown: Mary and George Washington 'Swope' Hull opened a general store at the Texas Central Railroad crossing on Deep Creek in 1883, and Hull became the community's first postmaster that August.

Hull bought 160 acres between Post Oak and Deep creeks and platted the townsite in March 1884.

The town's name was changed to Hicks in 1890 and then to Moran in 1892, in honor of Texas Central Railroad president John J. Moran.

In November 1910, the Cottle No. 1 well opened the nearby Moran Field — the first commercial natural gas well completed in this vast part of West Texas.

Oil and gas discoveries turned Moran into a boom town, with a peak population estimated at 5,000 to 10,000 during the boom years.

Moran was incorporated in 1919 and served as a shipping point for drilling supplies during the 1910–1930 oil and gas boom.

The 2020 census counted 226 residents in Moran, down from 270 in 2010.

Today Moran's economy is based on farming, ranching, and oil and gas production.