Hermleigh
Townsite surveyed 1907 by H. W. Harlin and R. C. Herm, on Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad. Post office, store and church moved here from Wheat, community to the northeast. In 1907 new town--a trade center for livestock farmers--had 2 banks, a lumber yard, a newspaper; 2-story brick school was built 1909. Santa Fe Railroad came through in 1911. In 1918, a war hero was honored by town's name change to "Foch". Old name was reinstated 1921. Six miles east is Sand Stone Canyon, with Indian pictographs. Skeletons of extinct mammals have been excavated nearby. (1966)
32.6360° N, 100.7628° W
Where to Find It
Hermleigh Community Center, northwest corner of Wheat St. and Willis Ave.
Nearby Markers
- 0.7 mi SE St. John's Catholic Church Hermleigh
- 2.1 mi NE Former Townsite of Wheat Hermleigh
- 4.1 mi SE Pyron, Texas Hermleigh
- 7.4 mi S Lone Wolf Community Hermleigh
- 7.4 mi NE Greene Springs and Site of Archeological Discoveries Snyder
- 8.7 mi SW Dunn Dunn