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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 marker. Scurry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,932. [1] Its county seat is Snyder, [2] which is the home for Western Texas College. Scurry County is named for Confederate General William Scurry. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1884. [3]
Snyder is a city in, and the county seat of Scurry County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 11,438 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] The city is located in the lower part of the Southwestern Tablelands ecological region.
Enlisting as a private in the Mexican–American War, Scurry rose to the rank of major by July 1846. Afterward, he practiced law in Clinton, Texas, and was co-owner and editor of the Austin State Gazette. In 1856 Scurry became a delegate to the state Democratic nominating convention, and in 1861 he was a delegate to the Secession Convention.
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The strongest and most destructive earthquake in state history was the 1931 Valentine earthquake, [3]: 20 which had an estimated magnitude of m b 5.6–6.4. [4]: 1171 The second strongest earthquake in Texas history also occurred in West Texas, registering as a magnitude 5.7 tremor near Alpine in 1995. [1]
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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]