Marker Inscription
This area of Thurber developed after 1917, when the Texas and Pacific Coal Company expanded into the burgeoning oil industry following W. K. Gordon's discovery of the Ranger oil field. Renamed in 1918, the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company brought staff for its new oil division to Thurber from New York. Thirty-one houses were built here on New York Hill. Church Street climbed the hill from town, as did sidewalks and brick steps, some of which were still visible decades later. The buildings on the hill were removed in the 1930s when the company town was dismantled. (1995)
About this site
New York Hill is a historical marker in Thurber, Erath County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 71 historical markers documented in Erath County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 144 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5068, -98.4149 near Thurber. The nearest cataloged historic site is Saint Barbara's Catholic Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Thurber Brick Plant, Site of, Thurber's First Coal Mine, Site of, and Whitehead Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5143003587. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
