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Scurry County is named for Confederate General William Scurry. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1884. [3] Scurry County was one of 46 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas, until a 2006 election approved the sale of beer and wine in Snyder, and a 2008 election approved the sale of liquor by the drink ...
Higher education came to Snyder in 1971 with the founding of Western Texas College. The Scurry County Coliseum in Snyder, operated by Western Texas College since 2008, is a large arena which hosts area events. Outside the coliseum is a locomotive engine and a small restored historic village. Also located in Snyder is the Diamond M Museum.
Registered Texas Historic Landmark Image Marker number Physical address Nearest city Year designated Location description [1] [2] Dodson House 1239: 900 E. Coliseum Dr. Snyder: 1965 Scurry County Heritage Village E. W. Clark House, 1908 1315: 2306 32nd St.
Scurry was married to Janette (Jeannitte) B. Sutton on December 17, 1846 and had seven children. He represented Red River County in the Ninth Congress of the Republic of Texas in 1844 and 1845 and served in the House of Representatives in 1845, promoting the annexation of Texas to the United States.
Scurry is a town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. It was incorporated in 2003. [3] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 688. Scurry is named after Scurry Dean. The arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 1870s established the settlement as a shipment point for area farmers.
Scurry County is home to around 16,932 people, according to its website. 5.1 earthquake shakes West Texas The 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck 17 kilometers northeast of Hermleigh, Texas, at a ...
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Fluvanna is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Scurry County, Texas, United States. It lies just south of the Llano Estacado, high atop the caprock, where Farm to Market Road 1269 and Farm to Market Road 612 intersect. Fluvanna is named for a surveyor's home county — Fluvanna County, Virginia. [3]