Scurry, Texas

Scurry, Texas
Town
Location of Scurry in Kaufman County, Texas
Coordinates: 32°31′7″N 96°22′51″W / 32.51861°N 96.38083°W / 32.51861; -96.38083
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Kaufman
Population (2006)
• Total	644
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Scurry is a town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. It was incorporated in 2003.^[1] A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 719.^[2]

Both Kaufman County and the town of Scurry are part of the Dallas, Texas–Fort Worth–Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Scurry is located at 32°31′07″N 96°22′51″W / 32.51861°N 96.38083°W / 32.51861; -96.38083 (32.518611, -96.380833). It is situated along State Highway 34 in southwestern Kaufman County, approximately four miles southwest of Kaufman and 37 miles southeast of Dallas.^[3]

History

The first settlers in the area arrived in the mid-1840s. Over the next quarter century, a church and school community developed and the number of farms increased. The arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 1870s established the settlement as a shipment point for area farmers. When local residents requested a post office, they submitted the name Scurry – in honor of Scurry Dean, who was killed during the Civil War. Post service began in 1883 and a year later, Scurry had an estimated population of fifty.^[3] By 1914, the community was home to around 400 people as well as a number of businesses. The Great Depression caused Scurry to decline, which lasted through the first decade after World War II. Only 250 people remained in the community by the mid-1950s. The trend was later reversed during the latter half of the twentieth century. In 1990, there were nine businesses and approximately 315 people living in the community.^[4] That figure approached 600 by 2000 and Scurry was officially incorporated as a town three years later.

Education

Public education in the town of Scurry is provided by the Scurry-Rosser Independent School District. The district has three campuses and also serves the incorporated communities of Rosser, Cottonwood, and Grays Prairie in southwestern Kaufman County.

References

External links

• Scurry, Texas - Texas Handbook Online.
• Scurry-Rosser news - Kaufman County Online.
• Scurry-Rosser Independent School District - Official site.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Kaufman County, Texas, United States County seat: Kaufman Cities Combine‡ Cottonwood Crandall Dallas‡ Forney Heath‡ Kaufman Mesquite‡ Seagoville‡ Seven Points‡ Talty Terrell Towns Kemp Mabank‡ Oak Grove Oak Ridge Post Oak Bend City Scurry Villages Grays Prairie Rosser CDPs Elmo Travis Ranch Unincorporated communities Ables Springs Elmo Heartland Poetry Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 32°31′07″N 96°22′51″W / 32.51861°N 96.38083°W / 32.51861; -96.38083