Home Care in Cleburne, TX

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne

Phone: 1-866-427-4684

612 E. Lamar Boulevard

Arlington, TX 76011

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne is pleased to serve as a key health care resource for our local community and surrounding areas in Johnson County. As a recognized Level IV Trauma Center by the Texas Department of State Health Services, we offer our patients an experienced team of physicians on the medical staff who provide compassionate care. Whether you’re starting a family, in need of emergency services or seeking preventive care, Texas Health Cleburne is here for you.

Senior Center

• William H. Bledsoe, a member of both houses of Texas legislature from Lubbock, 1915 to 1929; co-author of bill establishing Texas Tech University, was born in Cleburne in 1869
• Johnny Carroll, a rockabilly singer, recorded for Sun Records, Decca Records, and Warner Bros
• Pat Culpepper, All-American linebacker for the University of Texas at Austin, was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 1994 and to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 2010, along with Drew Brees
• Donnie Dacus, former guitarist for Chicago
• Dillon Gee, pitcher for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers
• Joe Keeble, football player
• David “Benedict” McWilliams, a former player and head football coach of the University of Texas at Austin and head coach at Texas Tech University, was raised in Cleburne
• Spike Owen, a former Major League Baseball shortstop
• Derrell Palmer, a 1950s Cleveland Browns lineman
• Randy Rogers, singer and front man of Randy Rogers Band
• Del Sharbutt, radio and television announcer, songwriter, and composer of a popular Campbell’s Soup jingle, was born in Cleburne
• Barbara Staff, co-chair of the 1976 Ronald Reagan presidential campaign in Texas, was born in Cleburne
• Anne Stratton, composer
• Claude Porter White, composer

Cleburne is Johnson County’s third county seat (the first being Wardville, now under Lake Pat Cleburne). It was formerly known as Camp Henderson, a temporary Civil War outpost from which Johnson County soldiers would depart for war (most of them served under General Cleburne). The city was formally incorporated in 1871.

Cleburne was near the earliest road in the county. The location featured water from West Buffalo Creek, making it a stop for cattlemen from the Chisholm Trail.^[8]

In August 1886, the Texas Farmers’ Alliance met at Lee’s Academy^[8] and adopted a 17-point political resolution, commonly known as the Cleburne Demands, which was the first major document of the agrarian revolt occurring at the end of the late 19th century.^[9]

In 1900, Cleburne was the site of the founding convention of the Texas State Federation of Labor.^[10]

Cleburne was primarily an agricultural center and county seat until the Santa Fe Railroad opened a major facility there in 1898. During this time, the population boomed, as it became a sizable city for the area with over 12,000 residents by 1920. The Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway connected Cleburne in 1882. Two other railroads had terminals in Cleburne. The Dallas, Cleburne, and Southwestern Railway completed a route to Egan in 1902, and the Trinity and Brazos Valley, nicknamed the Boll Weevil, operated from Cleburne from 1904 to 1924.^[8]

Cleburne was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for German soldiers during World War 2. The POWs worked as laborers on local farms.^[11]

In 1985, the city was the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. after being sued over a special-use permit.

Cleburne is on the fringe of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Growth in the area can be primarily attributed to suburbanization. It is the second-most populous city in Johnson County (slightly less populous than Burleson).^[12]

Tornado

On May 15, 2013, Cleburne was hit by a powerful tornado that cut a mile-wide path through part of the city and damaged about 600 homes and two schools. The National Weather Service rated it EF-3, which has winds between 136 and 165 miles per hour (219 and 266 km/h). No deaths or severe injuries were reported.^[13]