Rhea, Texas, Parmer County. (original) (raw)

Historical Marker: 8 miles N of Bovina on FM 1731 turning W on FM 2013 for 15 miles to the Rhea Community Center

Rhea Community

In 1901, brothers John and Joe Rhea purchased property from Capital Freehold Land Company, owners of the XIT Ranch. They later sold parcels of the land to farmers, establishing the Rhea Community.

Many settlers, including a number of German immigrants, migrated here from the midwestern U.S. Early institutions included a post office, Immanuel Lutheran Church, which became one of the earliest of that denomination in the Texas Panhandle when it organized in 1910, and a school. The schoolhouse also functioned as a community center until 1949, when the Rhea School District was divided into the Friona and Bovina districts.

Today, Rhea remains a viable farming and ranching community.

2009

Rhea Lutheran Cemetery

34.7269500, -102.9889300

From Bovina:
N on FM 1731 for 9 miles.
W on FM 2031 for 10 miles.
Two more curves on FM 2031,
The cemetery will be on the north side of the road.

"Greetings from Rhea, Texas"
The product of an overactive imagination at the postcard factory
1919 Postcard courtesy Dan Whatley Collection

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