Lone Wolf Community


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Marker Number: 3117 
Marker Title: Lone Wolf Community 
Index Entry: Lone Wolf Community 
Address: FM 644, S of Hermleigh 
City: Hermleigh 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 337130 
UTM Northing: 3600614 
Subject Codes: CY 
Year Marker Erected: 1970 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: From Hermleigh take FM 644 south seven miles to Lone Wolf Cemetery. 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: (5 mi. N of Lone Wolf Mountain) Named for Kiowa chief whose 
tribe roamed area until 1870s. Community development when John Mahoney donated cemetery 
and school sites. A schoolhouse, erected 1901, was used also for church services. 
First teacher, W. F. Knowlton, had 35 pupils. Local post office was Winston
 (June 26, 1901-April 30, 1909). Mail later came by rural route. In 1906, 
D. C. Hazelwood built local store. Long Wolf School, operated at different locations,
 served the community until consolidated. Cemetery (with oldest grave date 1892)
 continues in use as burial place for area families. (1970)