La Plata, Texas

After Grenada won the election, county judge J. R. Dean changed the town's name to La Plata due to a request from postal officials.

Poor weather played a role in the town's slow population growth; from 1891 to 1894, the area suffered a drought, which caused considerable problems for farmers and ranchers.

In 1899, the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway was built through the southern part of Deaf Smith County and into New Mexico, bypassing La Plata.

On November 8 of that year, a new county-seat election was held and the new town of Blue Water (later renamed Hereford) won because it was served by the railroad.

La Plata's original portable jail is on display at the Deaf Smith County Museum in Hereford.