Editing Nome, Texas (section)

==Historical development==
Initially called ''Congreve Station'', this location was a stop on the [[Texas and New Orleans Railroad]] in the early 1860s. The name for the town came from the influx of people due to the discovery of [[oil]] in the early 1900s (similar to the gold strikes at [[Nome, Alaska]]), hence the name became ''Nome'' in 1903.<ref>[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hln23 TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Although rice farming would still be the foremost activity of the town, the discovery of [[natural gas]] and oil would create a new industry for the region in 1936. Many years later, Nome would become incorporated in 1971.