Floydada Lodge No. 712, A. F. & A. M.

The lodge grew with a county that was filling with farmers. Floyd County's population rose six-fold between 1900 and 1930, from 2,020 to 12,409, as the railroads brought settlers in search of land. The number of farms grew from 286 to 1,671 over the same years. Corn led at first, but after 1900 wheat and cotton came in on a commercial scale; by 1930 county farmers were harvesting more than two million bushels of wheat a year, making Floyd one of the state's leading wheat counties, and cotton grew fast after 1920.

What the plaque says

Floydada Lodge No. 712, A. F. & A. M. Organized by eighteen charter members in April 1891, this Masonic Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Texas on December 11th that year. Formed just one year after the town of Floyd City (later renamed Floydada) became Floyd County seat, the lodge has grown with the community. Early meetings were held in rented quarters over a general store. Lodge members have been active in numerous civic organizations, and a number of Floydada Lodge Masons have served as elected county officials. (1991)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum — 23 mi
  Crosbyton's museum of Blanco Canyon, built in 1958 as a copy of Hank Smith's Rock House, and the place to learn the canyon's 1871 fight between Mackenzie's cavalry and Quanah's Quahadi Comanche.

More markers nearby

• Floydada Chapter No. 31, Order of the Eastern Star — steps away
• First Methodist Church of Floydada — steps away
• First National Bank of Floydada — steps away
• Commercial Hotel — steps away