Parks and Recreation. Rhome, TX
MAIN EVENTS WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 22nd. FOR MORE INFORMATION FOR CHARLES PENNINGTON 940-391-4782.
Rhome is on U.S. Highway 287/81 twelve miles southeast of Decatur in southeastern Wise County. A community known as Prairie Point, located at the crossroads of two stagecoach lines near the site of present Rhome, was established in the late 1850s by a group of Missourians. One of these new settlers, Samuel Sheets, owned land near the crossroads and in 1858 began to lay out and sell town lots. By 1863 Prairie Point was virtually deserted. By 1882 the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway had laid tracks nearby, and by 1883 the new settlement was named Rhome, in honor of Col. Byron Crandall Rhome, a prominent local rancher who was credited with bringing the first Hereford cattle to Wise County. The Rhome post office was established in 1883
Rhome is one of the fastest growing towns in Wise County. Just 30 minutes from downtown Fort Worth, Rhome offers the quiet comfort of small town living with all the amentities of the big city just a short drive away.
