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Chamber Music Amarillo presents the concert "The Grandeur of Brahms" on Saturday, Nov. 16 in the Amarillo Area Foundation, 919 S. Polk St. Tickets are on sale now.
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.
The Amarillo metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in the Texas Panhandle that covers five counties: Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall, and Oldham. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 268,691.
Amarillo is considered the regional economic center for the Texas Panhandle, [47] [48] as well as Eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle. The meat packing industry is a major employer in Amarillo; [49] about one-quarter of the United States' beef supply is processed in the area. The city also holds the headquarters for the Texas Cattle ...
In 1889, the Fort Worth and Denver Railway linked Panhandle City with Washburn in Armstrong County. In 1904, the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf bought the line. In 1908, the Southern Kansas of Texas extended its line from Panhandle City to Amarillo, thus making the Kansas-Texas-New Mexico line a major transcontinental route.
U.S. Highway 60 (US 60) in Texas is a 210.70-mile-long (339.09 km) U.S. Highway that runs southwest to northeast through the Texas Panhandle. The route passes through the cities of Hereford, Canyon, Amarillo, and Canadian. [1]
The Amarillo Area Foundation made the announcement Wednesday, ... The $9.6 million raised will benefit 228 nonprofits across 25 counties in the Texas Panhandle, and it is the largest the campaign ...
The Amarillo National Bank is making donations to relief efforts across the panhandle through its wildfire fund, including a $1 million donation to the Amarillo Area Foundation, $150,000 donation ...