Meadow, Texas, Terry County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

The original name of Meadow had been Primrose. Primrose moved to a location 3 miles east of the present town to a place now referred to as �Old Meadow.� In 1917, the South Plains and Sante Fe Railroad ran a line from Lubbock< to Seagraves. The town built a distinctive 12 foot square water tank in the middle of main street for the watering of horses or to allow residents to wade.

The town was incorporated in 1926 and has continued a slow but steady growth since then. Meadow is Terry County�s �second city� with a population of 593.

Meadow Cemetery is located 1 mile North of Moorhead St. on CR 525

Historical Marker: 3rd & Sefton Streets, Meadow

Meadow United Methodist Church

Methodist worship services were held in this area as early as 1904 by the Rev. J. A. Sweeney, a pioneer West Texas circuit rider. On Feb. 1, 1920, the Rev. J. W. Baughman formally organized this congregation with 17 charter members. Services were held in the schoolhouse or in the Baptist church building until the members built their own sanctuary in 1922. The Meadow Methodist Church was long associated with the plains circuit, serving for a time as its headquarters. The congregation welcomed its first full-time pastor in 1951.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.

Meadow, Texas Landmarks / Attractions

Photo Galllery

Meadow Depot
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2010

Historical Marker: Meadow Park, Meadow.

Meadow Depot

Meadow was founded in 1904 on public land grazed by L-7 Ranch herds; village moved to this site on the Santa Fe Railway line in 1917. Soon settlers were arriving with livestock in one end of a boxcar, furniture in the other. A boxcar was used as a station. This depot was built in 1911 at White Deer (200 mi. NE), moved here in 1923, used until 1965, then given to the community and relocated in the park (1967) as a relic of the town's early development.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1975.

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