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Dermott

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US 84, about 12 miles NW of Snyder, Snyder, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 51' 25.99304000004", -101° 1' 4.4006300004"
 
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    Named for S. P. McDermott, who had crossroads store and was an early postmaster. Began as a community called Dark, 1-1/2 miles northeast. (School in area was named Bookout). Town moved 1909 to the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad. It had a hotel and a number of businesses. The Santa Fe was built in 1911, and the competing railroads made this a busy cattle shipping center, with full loading pens. Town moved 1915 to Santa Fe Railroad. The R.S. & P. tracks were taken up in 1942. The town had new population in the late 1940s, during county oil boom. (1966)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Dermott Historical Marker Location Map, Snyder, Texas