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To: John Pitera who wrote (14089)	5/18/2013 6:54:20 PM
From: John Pitera	Respond to of 33421

Geographic Center of Texas, Mercury, Texas Historical Marker flickr.com Five miles northwest is the geographic center of Texas, an imaginary point whose coordinates divide the state into four equal areas. In straight-line distance it is 437 miles from the state's most westerly point on the Rio Grande River above El Paso, 412 miles from the most northerly point in the northwest corner of the Panhandle near Texline, 401 miles from the most southerly point on the Rio Grande below Brownsville and 341 miles from the most easterly point on the Sabine River near Burkeville. Maximum border-to-border distance is 801 miles from north to south and 773 miles from east to west. Enclosed within the 4,137-mile perimeter of the state are 267,339 square miles or 7.4 per cent of the nation's total area. Fifteen of the 50 states could be readily accomodated within Texas' borders--with more than 1,000 square miles left over.counties with 6,208 square miles, an area larger than the state of Connecticut. Brewster, in southwest Texas, is the largest of the state's 254 counties. Smallest county is Rockwall in northeast Texas with 147 square miles. Texas elevations rise from sea level along the 624-mile coast of the Gulf of Mexico to *8,751 feet atop Guadalupe Peak in the Guadalupe Mountains.* Altitude at this point is 1,545 feet. Terrain varies from the subtropic Rio Grande Valley to the trackless Great Plains, from the lush forests of East Texas to the rugged Trans-Pecos region where mountain ranges thrust 90 peaks a mile or more into the sky. But perhaps nowhere are Texas contrasts more pronounced than in average annual rainfall: from more than 56 inches along the Sabine River, nearly as much as Miami's, to less than 8 inches in the extreme West, as little as Phoenix's. (I was at this sign as the sun was going down in Late on January 23rd 1995...... a tiny little town of 166 people..... about 20 miles northwest of Brady Texas....... ( the area coming into Mercury has a truly Mystical quality about it) The drive from Abilene heading through fantastic old German communities heading South down to Coleman, Brownwood..... (I stayed overnight 2 nights in Brownwood....) and then headed down through Mercury to Brady. John ----------------------------- From Wikipedia....... Mercury is an unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 166 in 2000. [1] It is situated along FM 502 in northeastern McCulloch County, approximately 22 miles northeast of Brady. [2] The community was founded in 1904, shortly after the arrival of the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railroad. Mercury became a livestock shipping point and by 1914, had an estimated population of 550. Two major fires in 1919 and 1929 severely impacted the community. In 1938, the struggling community was bypassed by the Brady- Brownwood highway. Mercury continued to decline and the population fell from 489 in 1933 to 360 in 1949. By 2000, the number of inhabitants stood at 166. [1] [2] Currently there is only one original building standing in the Town of Mercury. It is the Bank Of Mercury building that was built by Thomas Jefferson Beasley in 1903 as a bank and mercantile store. Through the years the building has exchanged hands several times, however in 2012 the Grandson of the original owner, Thomas Lee Beasley purchased the building and is currently trying to preserve the remainder of the building. The only thing that remains of the building are the four outer walls and the vault that Thomas Jefferson Beasley built. It is rumored that the vault has a dome that is filled with sand. Thomas Jefferson's theory was that if someone were to blow the safe, the top would collapse and cover everything in sand. By the time the would be thieves got to anything everyone in town would be there to see what was going on. Public education in the community of Mercury is provided by the Rochelle Independent School District