Gomez Cemetery

Historical marker location:

CR 345, Brownfield, Texas

( From Brownfield, take Highway 380/82 about 5.6 miles west, then take county road about .5 miles south.)

Marker installed: 1970

Established in 1902 in Gomez (then 0.5 mi. W of here), first settlement in Terry County. Original 4-acre tract was deeded to Gomez School trustees in 1906 by pioneer settler H. F. Adams. Some of earliest settlers are buried here. Many graves were moved to Brownfield in 1918. (1970).

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Texas has been a major oil-producing state for over a century. The first big oil discovery in Texas was the Spindletop field near Beaumont in 1901, which set off a massive oil boom that transformed the state's economy and made Texas one of the wealthiest states in the country.