Details for Former Townsite of Light

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5415001957

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Marker Number 1957
Atlas Number 5415001957
Marker Title Former Townsite of Light
Index Entry Light, Former Townsite of
Address 11th St., E of Fluvanna
City Fluvanna
County Scurry
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 300555
UTM Northing 3640531
Subject Codes ghost towns; railroads
Marker Year 1972
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Fluvanna, take 11th Street east about 1 mile to marker.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Established in 1899, with the granting of a post office, on land owned by D. C. McGregor. The school on "Jumbo" Ranch (in area settled in 1890s) was relocated here and Light began to grow. In 1905 a new, two-room school building was constructed. A decline set in, however, when the town of Fluvanna was surveyed in 1907 at terminus of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad. Soon citizens moved their buildings and belongings a mile west to be on the rails. Although town of Light has vanished, area still supplies water to Fluvanna. (1972)

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