In 1854, Ten Labors of Land, comprising 1,770 acres, were surveyed in Limestone County for Jonathan Scott. In 1872, Henry Martin Munger moved his family from Rutersville in Fayette County to Mexia, where he opened a lumberyard, planing mill, flour mill, grist mill, and cotton gin. In 1876, he began buying and fencing the entire Scott survey for a major cotton farm. Two of his sons, Robert and Stephen, expanded the family’s cotton operations. Robert patented several cotton-processing machines and tools, then moved to Dallas in 1885 to open his own manufacturing plant. His Munger Improved Cotton Machine and Manufacturing Co., later the Continental Gin Co., became the largest manufacturer of cotton-processing equipment in the U.S. He also began the Munger Place residential development in Dallas in 1905. Stephen joined Robert in Dallas in 1888 and became company president, a director of City National Bank, and a trustee of Southern Methodist University. The Munger farm remained in the family until 1920, and the family owned 22 gins in Limestone and Freestone counties. In 1903, the family deeded right-of-way to the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad, nicknamed the Boll Weevil, connecting the community to other rail markets. By the late 1920s, the community had a ten-grade school, Welcome Baptist Church, Munger Methodist Episcopal Church, and a cotton gin, depot, post office, general store, blacksmith, polling place, and Boy Scout troop. Its population declined in the 1930s as cotton prices fell and improved roads opened. The school and rail line closed in 1942, and both churches had closed by 1948. Former residents held community reunions for several years, but few historic reminders remain of the once-thriving rural settlement.