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Gomez

  Texas Historical Markers
4.4 mi. W on US 380, Brownfield, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 10' 49.55709", -102° 21' 51.1233199992"
 
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    In 1903, owners of land here in center of then-unorganized Terry County platted this town, secured a post office named for Spanish-American patriot Maximo Gomez, drilled a public water well, and induced merchants and citizens to move here. This was the first inhabited townsite in the county. Its promoters hoped it would be the county seat, but that honor went to Brownfield (4.4 mi. E) in 1904 when the county was organized. Gomez had a post office until 1926, school until 1941. A church, some businesses (.75 mi. NW), and the old cemetery retain the name.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Gomez Historical Marker Location Map, Brownfield, Texas