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Site of Epworth |
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702 Main Street, Hale Center,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
34° 3' 51.87305000016",
-101° 50' 40.8835299984"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
(1883 - 1892) First settlement in county. Established as a post office in 1884 by Horatio Graves of New York, a Methodist minister. Then only county resident, he planned to found religious colony here; named place for Epworth, England, birthplace of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. Graves carried the mail from Estacado; also sold supplies to settlers and XIT Ranch cowboys. In 1891 he moved his post office several miles and started New Epworth; but drouth caused site to be abandoned in 1893. The residents joined with those of Hale City to found Hale Center. 1971
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Site of Epworth Historical Marker Location Map, Hale Center, Texas
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