Scurry, Texas

Scurry is named after Scurry Dean. The arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 1870s established the settlement as a shipment point for area farmers. When local residents requested a post office, they submitted the name Scurry – in honor of Scurry Dean, who was killed during the Civil War. Post service began in 1883 and a year later, Scurry had an estimated population of fifty.

Scurry is located at (32.518611, –96.380833). It is situated along State Highway 34 in southwestern Kaufman County, 7 mile (11 km) southwest of Kaufman and 34 mile (55 km) southeast of Dallas. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the town has an area of , all land.

The first settlers in the area arrived in the mid 1840s. Over the next quarter century, a church and school community developed and the number of farms increased. The arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 1870s established the settlement as a shipment point for area farmers. When local residents requested a post office, they submitted the name "Scurry"—in honor of Scurry Dean, who was killed during the Civil War. Postal service began in 1883, and a year later, Scurry had an estimated population of 50. That figure approached 600 by 2000, and Scurry was officially incorporated as a town three years later.

Public education in the town of Scurry is provided by the Scurry Rosser Independent School District. The district has three campuses and also serves the incorporated communities of Rosser, Cottonwood, and Grays Prairie in southwestern Kaufman County.