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History in a Pecan
Shell
The town was first settled in the 1840s and named after Scurry
Dean - a local man killed in the Civil War. Scurry County, however, is named after
Confederate General Wm. Scurry.
The Texas and Pacific Railway came through
in the 1870s and guaranteed the permanence of the town. A post office was granted
in 1883.
Fifty Scurrians were present for the census in the mid 1880s
and by 1914, the town had grown to 400. The population dwindled to about 250 in
the 1950s and growth has been slow since then.
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