Wheat, Former Townsite of


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Marker Number: 1958 
Marker Title: Former Townsite of Wheat 
Index Entry: Wheat, Former Townsite of 
Address: FM 644, about 1 mi. N of Hermleigh 
City: Hermleigh 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 99 
UTM Northing: 99 
Subject Codes:  
Year Marker Erected: 1972 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: from Hermleigh 1 mile N at intersection with FM 644 and county road 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed: N/A 
Marker Text: 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)