Dermott


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Marker Number: 1210 
Marker Title: Dermott 
Index Entry: Dermott 
Address: US 84, about 12 miles NW of Snyder 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 311178 
UTM Northing: 3637263 
Subject Codes: CY; RR 
Year Marker Erected: 1966 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: From Snyder take US 84 about 12 miles northwest to marker (on east side of road). 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: Named for S. P. McDermott, who had crossroads store and was an early postmaster. Began as a community called Dark, 1-1/2 miles northeast. (School in area was named Bookout). Town moved 1909 to the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad. It had a hotel and a number of businesses. The Santa Fe was built in 1911, and the competing railroads made this a busy cattle shipping center, with full loading pens. Town moved 1915 to Santa Fe Railroad. The R.S. & P. tracks were taken up in 1942. The town had new population in the late 1940s, during county oil boom. (1966)