Gomez
N 33° 10.883 W 102° 22.247
13S E 745141 N 3674474
A historic marker commemorating the ghost town of Gomez.
Waymark Code: WMK8F2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2014
Views: 4
One of three markers concerning the vanished town of Gomez, this marker is located about 4 miles west of Brownfield on the US 82/US 380.
Marker Number: 2211
Marker Text:
A half-mile south of this marker stood town of
GOMEZ
In 1903, owners of land here in center of then-unorganized Terry County platted this town, secured a post office named for Spanish-American patriot Maximo Gomez, drilled a public water well, and induced merchants and citizens to move here. This was the first inhabited townsite in the county. Its promoters hoped it would be the county seat, but that honor went to Brownfield (4.4 mi. E) in 1904 when the county was organized. Gomez had a post office until 1926, school until 1941. A church, some businesses (.75 mi. NW), and the old cemetery retain the name. (1974)
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