Extinct Town of Anarene
Landowner Charles E. Graham (1872-1937) in 1908 granted the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad a route across his property and platted a town at this site. Anarene was named for his wife Annie Lawrence Graham, daughter of pioneer cattleman J. Marion Keen. Graham built a hotel and obtained a post office, cattle pens, dipping vat and other facilities. The town schoolhouse was used for religious services. In 1921 oil was discovered nearby. A refinery was built in 1938. When oil production ceased and the trains stopped running in 1954, Anarene quickly declined. (1976)
33.4850° N, 98.6666° W
Where to Find It
On SH 79, 8 miles south of Archer City.
Nearby Markers
- 2.1 mi N Cimmaron (Persimmon) Springs Archer City
- 2.1 mi N Archer County Archer City
- 6.5 mi SW The Confluence of the Brazos, Trinity, and Red River Watersheds Olney
- 7.8 mi N Battle of the Little Wichita Archer City
- 7.9 mi N Archer City Methodist Church Archer City
- 7.9 mi N First Baptist Church of Archer City Archer City