Hovey School
N 30° 53.202 W 102° 52.489
13R E 703144 N 3418980
The state historic marker for the Hovey School near Rooney Park and old Fort Stockton
Waymark Code: WMTWB5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2017
Views: 4
This state historic marker for the Hovey School is located at E 2nd Street and Spring Drive near downtown Fort Stockton
Marker Number: 2583
Marker Text:
About 1910 a railroad stop named Hovey was established about 40 miles west of here on the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad. By 1913 Hovey contained a depot, post office/general store, and several stock shipping pens. Hovey school was established in 1913. The first school building burned and in 1916 this schoolhouse was erected in Hovey. It served as a one-teacher seven-grade school for Anglo and Hispanic students of the rural ranch community of Hovey. After the school closed in 1938 the building served as a community center. It was moved here in 1987. (1994)
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