Quanah

Quanah, on U.S. Highway 287 between the Red and Pease rivers in central Hardeman County, was named for Comanche chief Quanah Parker. W. J. Jones, who arrived in 1884, was the first settler. The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway surveyed the townsite in 1884 and began selling lots a year later. The post office was established in 1886 with J. A. Johnson as postmaster, and the community developed slowly until the railroad reached it in 1887. Edith McCann taught the first school, which opened in 1886; Baptist and Methodist churches were organized in 1888. In 1890 the first rock buildings housing businesses were constructed. The county seat was originally Margaret, but Quanah won the county seat election in 1890. Read more at TSHA