| Address: 702 Main Street | |
| Directions: 702 Main Street, Hale Center | |
| Marker #: 5189004778 | |
| Year Dedicated: 1971 | |
| Size, type: 18" x 28" Subject | |
| Last reported condition: Faded; Refinish | |
| Site of Epworth - (1883 - 1892) First settlement in county. Established as a post office in 1884 by Horatio Graves of New York, a Methodist minister. Then only county resident, he planned to found religious colony here; named place for Epworth, England, birthplace of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. Graves carried the mail from Estacado; also sold supplies to settlers and XIT Ranch cowboys. In 1891 he moved his post office several miles and started New Epworth; but drouth caused site to be abandoned in 1893. The residents joined with those of Hale City to found Hale Center. 1971 | |
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Decimal degrees: N 34.064413 W -101.844690
Degrees, minutes: N 34 03.865 W 0101 50.681 UTM: Zone 14, Easting 237457, Northing 3772950 |
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