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The May Community

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May, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 58' 56.62022000016", -98° 55' 14.81496999996"
 
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    Originally part of a Mexican land grant given to empresario John Cameron in 1827, May developed in the 1870s when several pioneer families settled here. Baptists and Methodists quickly organized churches. A one-room school known as Old Swayback provided the first formal education for the children. Nathan L. May built a trading post in 1879 and became the town's first postmaster in 1881. By 1907 the village had a blacksmith shop, general store, newspaper and bank. The early history of May climaxed in 1911 with the coming of the railroad. (1981)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

The May Community Historical Marker Location Map, Texas