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Former Townsite of Wheat |
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FM 644, about 1 mi. N of Hermleigh, Hermleigh,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
0° 0' 3.21451",
-103° 29' 16.2849999984"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Small farming community that grew up here in the late 1880s. Received its name because of a bumper wheat crop the year the U. S. Post Office opened --1890. Two postmasters served here: Minerva Thomas and G. W. McCall. A school, which doubled as a church, was built a half mile west on southeast corner of adjoining section of land. When Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad was built through the area in 1907, residents moved two stores and a gin to newly surveyed townsite of Hermleigh to have access to the railroad. (1972)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Former Townsite of Wheat Historical Marker Location Map, Hermleigh, Texas
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