Jermyn, Texas
Ghost town in Jack County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Jermyn
Jermyn is an unincorporated community in Jack County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 75 in 2000.
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How Jermyn is governed
Jermyn 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 Jack County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Jermyn does have local officials.
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Residents of Jermyn
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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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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History
Jermyn was founded in 1902, making it one of the final villages constructed in Jack County. It was named for J. J. Jermyn, the son of coal magnate Joe Jermyn of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Oliver Loving and W. P. Stewart, ranchers in Jack County, gave the town property. On October 21, 1909, the Gulf, Texas and Western Railroad's tracks arrived at the hamlet. There were a few shops, a bank, a church, and an estimated 213 people living in Jermyn in the 1920s. After that, it functioned as a hub for the local cattle industry and a shipping port. The town's population rose to 1,066 in 1968 but then started to fall. It was 75 in 1990 and 2000.
The 1984 Summer Olympics torch relay traveled through Jermyn on June 14, 1984.
James C. Loving settled in Jermyn in 1873.
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