Ranchers John and William Hittson were among the first to settle in this area about 1870, and the area around their homes became known as Hittson or Hitson. After Fisher County was created in 1876, settlement increased. A post office opened in 1885, a school began operating in 1888, and by 1896 Hitson had a general store operated by C.W. Morris as well as a Methodist church. The Hittson brothers were the major landowners, but the community also included large farming families who cleared the fertile land and planted crops. Although the post office moved to Swedonia in 1906, Hitson continued to grow. Oil discovered in the area after World War I provided an additional source of income for townspeople and for a time for the Hitson School. In 1925, 32 families with 120 school-age children lived in the area. By 1940, the town had a school, a church, three businesses, and scattered dwellings. During World War II, most of the town’s young people enlisted in the armed forces or moved to cities for war work, and with its labor force depleted, Hitson’s farmers were unable to survive. Small family farms were sold to larger enterprises, most owned by people living in nearby Hamlin or Rotan. The Hitson School was consolidated with Hamlin schools in 1947, the white frame church building used by the Hitson Baptist Church was moved to Roby in 1959, and by the end of the 20th century only a few homes and a cemetery remained.