Post in Garza County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Post
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 11, 2017
1. Post Marker
Early abundant water supply by windmills above Caprock. Later from White River Lake. Extensive ranching and farming. Postex Cotton Mills, making sheets and pillowcases, furnish year-round employment. Service center for over 1,750 oil wells in county.
Erected 1967 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 4085.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Windmills series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.
Location. 33° 10.847′ N, 101° 22.612′ W. Marker is in Post, Texas, in Garza County. It is on South Broadway Street 0.2 miles south of East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Post TX 79356, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Texas’ South Plains. It is also on the American Great Plains and specifically on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Comancherνa, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Garza County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Postex Cotton Mill (approx. half a mile away); Post Santa Fe Depot (approx. 0.6 miles away); Old Post High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Garza County Roll of Honor (approx. Ύ mile away); Mrs. Merriweather Post (approx. Ύ mile away);
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Also see . . . Texas Historical Commission's Texas Heritage Trails Program: Post, Texas.
Ranchland became a Utopian town just below the Caprock Escarpment in 1907. Thats when Post Cereal founder and philanthropist, C.W. Post, established his namesake city as a model farming community. In the process he introduced agricultural innovations to the high Texas plains and paid the Santa Fe Railroad to ensure that a depot would be finished by 1910. A five-block refurbished historic district looks much as it did in the cereal magnates day. (Submitted on December 10, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 11, 2017
2. Post Marker
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 11, 2017
3. Post Marker
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 16, 2016
4. Post today: Welcome to Post
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 16, 2016
5. Post today: Hotel Garza
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 16, 2016
6. Post today: Main Street
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 16, 2016
7. Post Today: Texas Plains Trail
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, December 14, 2025
8. Post Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 591 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 28, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 29, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 7. submitted on December 10, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 8. submitted on December 18, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas.
