Hermleigh

Hermleigh is on U.S. Highway 84 ninety-six miles southeast of Lubbock in southeastern Scurry County. It was surveyed in 1907 on land donated by R. C. Herm and Harry W. Harlin, and the nearby community of Wheat moved to the new site when the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway built through in 190708. The new settlement was named Hermlin for the land donors, but postal officials objected to its similarity to Hamlin, the name of another Texas town. The Santa Fe Railroad reached Hermleigh in 1911, and the town became a trading center for area ranchers. The community had a school by 1913. For a time Hermleigh had its own newspaper, the Hermleigh Herald