Site of Extinct Town of Hammond
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member txoilgas
N 31° 05.723 W 096° 42.920
14R E 717917 N 3442417
This post-mounted subject marker stands 6 mi. north of Calvert via SH 6, on the west side of the highway.
Waymark Code: WM7P7Q
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member clayj
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Marker Number: 10917

Marker Text:
Dr. Ben F. Hammond moved here from Alabama in 1853 and built a plantation home about a mile to the west. Neighbors included James Love and Robert S. McCall. Hammond Depot and Post Office were opened at this point on the Houston & Texas Central Railroad after the doctor granted right-of-way through his land in 1869. Near the depot, used by planters for their shipping, were a few stores. As the railroad declined, the town had vanished by 1950. Area residents are mostly the descendants of persons given land at Emancipation (1865) by Dr. Hammond and other planters. (1976)
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