Hermleigh, Texas
Census-designated place in the United States in Scurry County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Hermleigh
Hermleigh is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scurry County, Texas, United States.
Hermleigh lies on U.S. Route 84, ninety-six miles southeast of Lubbock, and has a population of 383 people at the 2020 census.
A destructive low-end EF2 tornado struck the northwestern side of town on May 1, 2022, damaging or destroying mobile homes while also damaging a home, a garage, trailers, and vehicles. A 4.9 magnitude earthquake was reported by the United States Geological Survey on July 22, 2024.
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How Hermleigh is governed
Hermleigh appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Scurry County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Hermleigh does have local officials.
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Residents of Hermleigh
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Population over time
From 393 in 2000 to 383 in 2020 (−2.5%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 383 |
| 2010 | 345 |
| 2000 | 393 |
History
Hermleigh's history begins in 1907 when a townsite was surveyed on land donated by two men named R. C. Herm and Harry W. Harlin near the small community of Wheat. Citizens chose to name their new community "Hermlin" (an amalgam of the surnames of the two landowners) but this name was rejected by postal officials as being too close to the nearby town of Hamlin, potentially causing confusion between the two communities. The compromise of "Hermleigh" was settled upon, and the post office opened shortly thereafter. The Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway was built through the new community, and residents of Wheat began to relocate to Hermleigh.
In 1911 the Santa Fe Railroad reached the community, and Hermleigh developed into a shipping point and trading center for local ranchers and cotton farmers. A school opened to serve area students in 1913, and by the late 1910s the community had its own newspaper (the Hermleigh Herald). Hermleigh briefly changed its name in the late 1910s to Foch to honor the French field marshal and World War I hero Ferdinand Foch, but reverted to the original name shortly thereafter and continued to flourish until the early 1930s, when the effects of the Great Depression brought an end to Hermleigh's growth.
Though adversely effected by the Depression, Hermleigh remained stable throughout most of the twentieth century and by 1980 was home to over 700 residents. By 1990, however, the population had fallen dramatically to approximately 200 and some of the remaining businesses closed down. The community inexplicably rebounded during the 1990s, with the population reaching 393 by the 2000 Census.
Hermleigh is the hometown of former head coach of the Baylor Bears football program, Grant Teaff.
The most expensive pig ever sold was owned by a Hermleigh resident. Jefferey Roemisch of Hermleigh sold his cross-breed barrow named "Bud" for a record-breaking $56,000 in 1983 to a man named Bud Olson and his partner, Phil Bonzio.
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