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Former Townsite of Light

Fluvanna, Scurry County

Marker Text

Established in 1899, with the granting of a post office, on land owned by D. C. McGregor. The school on "Jumbo" Ranch (in area settled in 1890s) was relocated here and Light began to grow. In 1905 a new, two-room school building was constructed. A decline set in, however, when the town of Fluvanna was surveyed in 1907 at terminus of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad. Soon citizens moved their buildings and belongings a mile west to be on the rails. Although town of Light has vanished, area still supplies water to Fluvanna. (1972)

Marker Details

Address 11th St., E of Fluvanna
Location Description From Fluvanna, take 11th Street east about 1 mile to marker.
Marker # 1957
Dedicated 1972
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code ghost towns; railroads
Latitude, Longitude 32.884797, -101.132053

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