the scale house

 

The metropolis of County Line lies at the intersection of FM 179 and 597, which is the dividing boundary between Lubbock and Hale counties.  In its heyday during the first half of the century, County Line had a school, 3 grocery stores, 2 blacksmith shops, a gin and a church   Today there's only a handful of residents, abandoned buildings, the First Baptist Church (which had 8 cars in the parking lot on Sunday) and the County Line Cemetery.  The Fairbanks-Morse weighing scale, although pocked with bullet holes, still occupies the scale house by the grain elevators.

 

County Line Co-op Gin Scale House

County Line, Texas

8.09.2012