FIRST - County Seat - Coke County, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 57.306 W 100° 23.732
14R E 368114 N 3536308
1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite) along dirt road leading to Hayrick Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMXNTA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2018
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A modest town of just 25 residents in 1887, Hayrick was named after nearby Hayrick Mountain. Hayrick is a synonym for haystack, which the mountain is said to resemble.
Having predated the organization of the county (in 1889) Hayrick became the county seat. The first two log courthouses fell victim to arsonists and when an election (1891) was held to decide between Robert Lee and Hayrick, Hayrick lost.
Residents and merchants moved to Robert Lee and Hayrick was left with a cemetery.
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