[1] Its county seat is Snyder,[2] which is the home for Western Texas College.

Scurry County comprises the Snyder, Texas, micropolitan statistical area.

It was named for William Read Scurry, lawyer and Confederate Army general.

In 1911, the Texico-Coleman division of the Santa Fe system was built through the county, giving it a trunk line of railway.

Mr. Snyder erected a house in Scurry County and began dealing in general merchandise and supplies for buffalo hunters.

Snyder has had an enterprising citizenship, and 10 years later had an independent school district and four churches, and was an important center for trade.

Other towns have sprung up along the railway, the most important of which is Fluvanna, at the terminus of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific, and Hermleigh.

B. Thomas has operated in Scurry County covering up to 7,282 acres when filled to the morning glory spillway at elevation of 2,258 ft above sea level.