KERMIT

NAME: Kermit
COUNTY: Roosevelt
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 6
CLIMATE: Ok
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time
COMMENTS: Kermit. On the at & sf rr 15 miles sw of portales
REMAINS: At & sf siding
Kermit. One version of the naming reports it as commerative of president theodore roosevelt's son, who was illed in world war i. Another account traces it to d kermit fitzhugh, one of the two brothers from clovis who laid out the townsite here. Post office from 1910 to 1918. Previously called plateau.I opt for the latter. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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