Region: Prairies and Lakes
Established in 1852 as Perry by settlers from Perry, Ill, the town was
renamed in 1881 to honor Col. W. L. Moody, director of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe Railroad, when that line built through.
Moody Drug, established in 1881, is one of oldest drug stores in Texas; the
Moody Courier, established in 1889, is the city's second-oldest business. A
Texas A&M experimental farm is five miles north.