Verbena, Texas

Verbena
Ghost town
Verbena is located in Texas
Verbena
Verbena
Location in Texas
Coordinates: 33°16′29″N 101°11′44″W / 33.2748147°N 101.1956904°W / 33.2748147; -101.1956904
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyGarza
Elevation
2,415 ft (736 m)

Verbena is a ghost town in Garza County, Texas, United States.[1]

History

Verbena is situated on Farm to Market Road 2008. It was settled in the early 1900s. A post office functioned from December 16, 1901, to December 15, 1912, and operated house of resident J. B. Cotton. The first church in Garza County, the Verbena Baptist Church, was established in the town on August 24, 1902. It's school, the Verbena School, operated from 1922 to 1945, consolidating with the Post Independent School District. The church closed by the 1950s, serving as a community center in the late 1960s; the Texas Historical Commission awarded the building with the Texas Historical Building Medallion in 1964. The community was abandoned by the 1990s.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  2. ^ Association, Texas State Historical. "Verbena, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  3. ^ Committee, Garza County Historical Survey (1973). Wagon Wheels: A History of Garza County. Pioneer Book Publishers.
  4. ^ Foot Prints: A History of Garza County and Its People. Taylor Publishing Company. 1986.