Verbena, Texas
{{Short description|Ghost town in Texas, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Verbena
| settlement_type = Ghost town
| pushpin_map = Texas
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas
| coordinates = {{coord|33.2748147|-101.1956904}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Texas
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Garza
| elevation_m = 736
| elevation_ft = 2415
}}
Verbena is a ghost town in Garza County, Texas, United States.{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/gaz-record/1380715 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov |language=en}}
History
Verbena is situated on Farm to Market Road 2008. It was settled in the early 1900s. A post office functioned from December 16, 1901, to December 15, 1912, and operated house of resident J. B. Cotton. The first church in Garza County, the Verbena Baptist Church, was established in the town on August 24, 1902. It's school, the Verbena School, operated from 1922 to 1945, consolidating with the Post Independent School District. The church closed by the 1950s, serving as a community center in the late 1960s; the Texas Historical Commission awarded the building with the Texas Historical Building Medallion in 1964. The community was abandoned by the 1990s.{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=Verbena, TX |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/verbena-tx |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Committee |first=Garza County Historical Survey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ScrIGAAACAAJ |title=Wagon Wheels: A History of Garza County |date=1973 |publisher=Pioneer Book Publishers |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BaYuzwEACAAJ |title=Foot Prints: A History of Garza County and Its People |date=1986 |publisher=Taylor Publishing Company |language=en}}
References
{{Reflist}}{{Garza County, Texas}}
Category:Geography of Garza County, Texas