Hext, Texas

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Hext, Texas |settlement_type = unincorporated community |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = ||pushpin_map = Texas#USA |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Texas |pushpin_mapsize = |image_map = |map_caption = Location within Menard county  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Texas |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Menard  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date =  |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 =  |population_as_of = 2000 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 73 |population_density_km2 = auto  |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 1850 |coordinates = {{coord|30|52|09|N|99|31|43|W|type:city_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}  |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 76848 |area_code = 325 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 48-33440<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1379923<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1379923}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Hext''' is an unincorporated community in Menard County, Texas, United States. According to the ''Handbook of Texas'', the community had an estimated population of 73 in 2000.<ref name="Hext, Texas">{{cite web | url = http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnh23 | title = Hext, Texas | work = | publisher = The Handbook of Texas online | date = | accessdate = 2009-06-09}}</ref>

==History== The community was first known as Maringo (or Marengo) when it was settled in the 1870s. When local residents attempted to establish a post office in 1895, they found that Maringo was already taken and decided on the name Hext in honor of Joseph Robert "Bob" Hext (1859–1941). Mr. Hext was one of the first settlers in the area. The post office was established in 1897, which made the name permanent.<ref name="Texas Escapes-Hext"/>

Hext reached its peak around 1914, when it had 125 residents, two general stores, a hotel, cotton gin, and a Church of Christ that had been organized in 1904.<ref name="Hext, Texas"/> A Baptist church was established in 1916. The community's population had declined to 40 by the mid-1920s, but rebounded to around 60 in the late 1940s.<ref name="Hext, Texas"/> By 1988, Hext reported 64 residents. That figure had grown slightly, to 73, by 2000.<ref name="Hext, Texas"/>

Although Hext is unincorporated, it continues to have a post office in operation with the zip code of 76848.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=76848 Zip Code Lookup]</ref> Several abandoned buildings remain in Hext, such as an old schoolhouse and church.<ref>[http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/HextTexas/HextTx.htm Hext at TexasEscapes]</ref>

==Geography== Hext is situated at the intersection of State Highway 29 and FM 1221, approximately 16 miles east of Menard and 131 miles northwest of Austin in eastern Menard County.<ref name="Texas Escapes-Hext">{{cite web | url = http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/HextTexas/HextTx.htm | title = Hext, Texas | work = History in a Pecan Shell | publisher = Texas Escapes Online Magazine | date = | accessdate = 2009-06-09}}</ref>

===Climate=== Hext experiences a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and a generally mild winter. Temperatures range from 95 °F (35 C) in the summer to 31 °F (-.06 C) during winter.

{{Weather box |location =Hext, Texas |single line = Yes |collapsed = yes |Jan record high F =91 |Feb record high F =97 |Mar record high F = 98 |Apr record high F = 107 |May record high F =114 |Jun record high F = 112 |Jul record high F = 110 |Aug record high F = 109 |Sep record high F = 109 |Oct record high F = 99 |Nov record high F =91 |Dec record high F = 87 |Jan high F = 60 |Feb high F = 66 |Mar high F = 73 |Apr high F =81 |May high F = 87 |Jun high F = 91 |Jul high F = 95 |Aug high F = 94 |Sep high F = 88 |Oct high F = 80 |Nov high F = 69 |Dec high F = 61 |Jan mean F = 46 |Feb mean F = 50 |Mar mean F = 58 |Apr mean F = 65 |May mean F = 73 |Jun mean F = 79 |Jul mean F = 81 |Aug mean F = 80 |Sep mean F = 75 |Oct mean F = 66 |Nov mean F = 54 |Dec mean F = 47 |Jan low F = 31 |Feb low F = 35 |Mar low F = 43 |Apr low F = 50 |May low F = 59 |Jun low F = 66 |Jul low F = 68 |Aug low F = 67 |Sep low F = 61 |Oct low F = 51 |Nov low F = 40 |Dec low F = 32 |Jan record low F =-2 |Feb record low F = -1 |Mar record low F = 7 |Apr record low F = 20 |May record low F = 27 |Jun record low F = 43 |Jul record low F = 48 |Aug record low F = 40 |Sep record low F = 33 |Oct record low F = 21 |Nov record low F = 9 |Dec record low F = -6 |Jan precipitation inch = .97 |Feb precipitation inch =1.48 |Mar precipitation inch = 1.60 |Apr precipitation inch = 1.72 |May precipitation inch = 3.22 |Jun precipitation inch = 3.38 |Jul precipitation inch = 2.14 |Aug precipitation inch =2.34 |Sep precipitation inch = 2.69 |Oct precipitation inch = 2.57 |Nov precipitation inch = 1.51 |Dec precipitation inch = 1.28 |source 1 = The Weather Channel<ref name="twc">{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/airquality/wxclimatology/monthly/76848?lswe=Hext,%20TX&lwsa=Weather36HourAirQualityCommand&from=whatmenu_dropdown_sportingevents |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094838/http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/airquality/wxclimatology/monthly/76848?lswe=Hext,%20TX&lwsa=Weather36HourAirQualityCommand&from=whatmenu_dropdown_sportingevents |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-23 |title=Monthly Averages for Hext, Texas |publisher=The Weather Channel }}</ref> |date=January 2011 }}

==Education== Public education in the community of Hext is provided by the Menard Independent School District.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Gnis|1379923|Hext, Texas}} *{{Handbook of Texas|id=hnh23|name=Hext, Texas}}

Category:Unincorporated communities in Menard County, Texas Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas Category:Ghost towns in Central Texas