Scurry is a town in

Kaufman County, Texas Kaufman County is a county in the northeastern area of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 145,310. Its county seat is Kaufman. Both the county, established in 1848, and the city were named for David S. Kaufman ...

, United States. It was incorporated in 2003. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 688. Scurry is named after Scurry Dean. 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

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. Post service began in 1883 and a year later, Scurry had an estimated population of fifty.

Geography

Scurry is located along State Highway 34 in southwestern Kaufman County, southwest of Kaufman and southeast of Dallas. According to the

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, the town has an area of , all land.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the

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, Scurry has a

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, ''Cfa'' on climate maps.

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 The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California. However its lines never went we ...

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

. Postal service began in 1883, and a year later, Scurry had an estimated population of 50. By 1914, the community was home to around 400 people and a number of businesses. The

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caused Scurry to decline, which lasted through the first decade after

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. Only 250 people remained in the community by the mid-1950s. The trend was reversed during the latter half of the 20th century. In 1990, 9 businesses and about 315 people were living in the community. That figure approached 600 by 2000, and Scurry was officially incorporated as a town three years later.

Demographics

Education

Public education in the town of Scurry is provided by the

Scurry-Rosser Independent School District Scurry-Rosser Independent School District is a school district based in Scurry, Texas ( USA). In addition to Scurry, the district serves the towns of Rosser, Cottonwood, and Grays Prairie in southwestern Kaufman County. For the 2022– ...

. 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 Independent School District
Towns in Kaufman County, Texas Towns in Texas Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Populated places established in the 1870s {{KaufmanCountyTX-geo-stub