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The Ozark Trail ran through southwest Missouri and across Oklahoma, the Texas panhandle, and on into New Mexico. [5] Much of this route became the famed U.S. Route 66 . The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1925, which finally incorporated the Deep South into the Federal roads program , made the group's basic functions obsolete and it disbanded.
The Handbook of Texas defines the southern border of Swisher County as the southern boundary of the Texas Panhandle region. Its land area is 25,823.89 sq mi (66,883.58 km 2), or nearly 10% of the state's total. The Texas Panhandle is slightly larger in size than the US state of West Virginia.
A post office called Texas was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1903. [2] Texas was briefly considered to become county seat after a fire burned the courthouse in 1847. [3] The community was named after the state of Texas. [4] A public ferry was used to connect the banks and the expense was paid by the county.
A post office called Ohio was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1920. [2] The community was named by settlers from Ohio who settled in the area during the early 1900s. Ohio was shown on maps until 1948. Since 1990 a few scattered houses remain in the area. [3]
Wheeler is a city in and the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas, United States, located on the eastern border of the Texas Panhandle. The population was last reported at 1,487 in the 2020 census . History
US 60 enters Texas from New Mexico at Farwell, having just left a concurrency with US 70 and US 84 across the New Mexico state line in Texico. [2] The route travels northeast through small towns in the western Panhandle, reaching an intersection with US 385 in Hereford. [3] In Canyon, the highway turns north, merging with US 87 and then ...
It is named for Royall Tyler Wheeler, a chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Wheeler County was formerly one of 30 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas. [4] However, circa 2010, the community of Shamrock, located in Wheeler County at the intersection of Interstate 40 and U.S. Highway 83, voted to allow liquor sales. Within the city ...
Allison is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Wheeler County, Texas, United States, at the junction of Texas Farm Roads 1046 and 277. Founded in 1929 as a stop for the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, the town was named for the general manager of the railroad, R. H. Allison. The Lone Star Townsite ...