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[1] [2] Formerly called the Eastham Unit or "The Ham," the prison was renamed the J. Dale Wainwright Unit after a former chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. [3] The 12,789 acres (5,176 ha) prison is located on Farm to Market Road 230 , [ 4 ] near Lovelady and 13 miles (21 km) west of Trinity .
Lovelady is perhaps best known for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Eastham Unit, a medium security penitentiary housing some 2,400 inmates for various offenses. The local economy is dependent on the employment of the local workforce at the prison, which has a current staff of 718 employees.
FM 230 was designated on June 8, 1945; the original route began at what was then SH 45 (now SH 19) in Lovelady and traveled 3.5 miles (5.6 km) westward. The route was extended 9.2 miles (14.8 km) to past Weldon on November 23, 1948 and then 2.7 miles (4.3 km) to the Eastham Unit on April 21, 1954.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice J. Dale Wainwright Unit (previously Eastham Unit), which has employee housing, [3] is located within the Lovelady district. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On April 13, 2014, there was minor damage at the High School after a tornado ripped through the town.
Jim Ferguson Unit (FE) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in unincorporated Madison County, Texas. The 4,355-acre (1,762 ha) prison is located on Farm to Market Road 247 , near Midway and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Huntsville .
Clyde Vernon Thompson (1910–July 1, 1979 [1]) was an American prisoner turned chaplain.He is most noted for being cited and labeled as The Meanest Man in Texas. The film titled The Meanest Man in Texas has been filmed and is currently in the post production process and is based on the true story and book of the same title (ISBN 978-0-9714958-6-9), written by Don Umphrey.
Pearson's Chapel was an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States, now a ghost town, 6 miles (10 km) west of Lovelady. [1] Only a Baptist church remains in the area. It was located at the intersection of FM 1280 , FM 3151 , and the old Huntsville Road
Powderly is located on U.S. Highway 271, 10 miles (16 km) north of Paris in north-central Lamar County. It is 5 miles (8 km) south of Highway 271's crossing of the Red River at the Oklahoma border.