Mary's Creek School
N 33° 29.386 W 099° 20.497
14S E 468264 N 3705636
Texas Historical Marker at the Mary's Creek School, noting its establishment and history, located at the intersection of FM 1152 and Baylor County Rd 451.
Waymark Code: WMXVFB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2018
Views: 3
Bomarton is all but a ghost town today, with a few scattered residences, and oddly, this school building survived the one in Bomarton.
Marker Number: 13899
Marker Text:
In 1906, the Wichita Valley Railroad built from Seymour to Abilene, establishing the town of Bomarton and consolidating settlement here. Mary's Creek School was one of 38 rural schools in Baylor County. Trustees organized the school in February 1908 and built a schoolhouse soon after. The original building was one room, with a second classroom added about 1926. Additional structures included boys' and girls' outhouses, a coal house, a cistern and a teacherage. The peak attendance for Mary's Creek School was 69 pupils in 1930-31. By 1948 area children attended Bomarton School, and through consolidation, Seymour was the only school district in the county by 1955. (2007)
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