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LEVELLAND,
TEXAS
The City of Mosaics
Hockley County
Seat, Texas Panhandle
33° 35' 14" N, 102° 22' 41" W (33.587222, -102.378056)
30 miles W of Lubbock
on TX Hwy 114
20 miles N of Brownfield
on US 385
24 Miles S of Littlefield
ZIP code 79336, 79338
Area code 806
Population: 13,502 Est. (2019)
13,542 (2010) 12,866 (2000) 13,986 (1990)
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Levelland is
geographically descriptive of the region.
History
in a Pecan Shell
We were told
by someone at the chamber of commerce that the city has no ties
whatsoever to Post, Texas,
but according to The Handbook of Texas C. W. Post is the
founder of both towns. Post bought the Oxsheer Ranch in Hockley
County in 1906, a year before he founded Post.
Oxsheer Ranch was surveyed by Post in 1912, two years before his
death.
Lleveland is also home to South Plains College, located south
of town on Hwy 385.
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Historical Marker
on Courthouse Square, Hwy 114
City of Levelland
Surveyed and platted
in 1912 as "Hockley City" by cereal magnate C. W. Post. Although
only a barren townsite, place won race for county seat in 1921. The
first meeting of county officers was held at future courthouse site
-- in a Cadillac automobile. Soon city square boasted a temporary
courthouse (16 by 32 feet), a well, and a community black-eyed pea
patch. When a post office opened, in 1922, city was renamed Levelland,
for its topography. Prosperity arrived with the coming of the railroad
in 1925 and discovery of oil in the county in 1937. |
Levelland,
Texas Landmarks
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"Through
The Ages"
Photo courtesy Barbara Brannon, March 2013 |
| "Installing
a giant arrow sculpture by artist Charles A. Smith to mark the Quanah
Parker Trail in Levelland, Texas, Mar 15, 2013. The QPT, a project
of the Texas Plains Trail Region, honors sites of Comanche history
throughout the region." - Barbara Brannon |
Levelland,
Texas Forum
Levelland
and Hockley County Update
"...The installation of their Quanah Parker Trail arrow in
2013 and the recent completion of their amazing courthouse grounds
micro-mosaics by John and Bette Hope...." - Barbara A. Brannon,
PhD, Executive Director, Texas Plains Trail Region, May 06, 2013
Subject:
What Leveland is best known for
Levelland Sightings of 1957
Dear TE, Believe it or not, Levelland is probably best known internationally
for the Levelland Sightings of 1957. I have traveled far and wide
from the area where I was raised (graduated from Pettit H.S, 1953).
At the time of the sightings, I had just returned from a three-year
tour in Europe and was staying with my parents awaiting my discharge
from Reese AFB near Lubbock.
They lived on an isolated farm on Oklahoma Flat Road in northern
Hockley County. I saw some things that made my hair stand on end,
some things I never mentioned to my parents.
In my author's biography at the end of my most recent novel, The
Ghost of Mount Chinati I mention my presence during the "sightings."
It is relevant to the theme of the novel. - Walter LeCroy, No Town
Provided, December 01, 2006
Levelland
(my home town) was owned at one time by Mr. Post, however according
to my Grandmother, Mr. Post's daughter is the one who name the town.
- Jeremy L. McCulloch, December 27, 2004
Country
Singers, and "City of Mosaics."
Several popular country singers including Natalie Maines (Dixie
Chicks) and LeeAnn Womack have attended school at South Plains College
in Levelland. They were part of the Country & Bluegrass music department.
See http://www.levelland.com/mus.html for more information or confirmation.
Levelland has nine fine mosaics throughout the city and is known
as a "City of Mosaics."
A mosaic is a 6000-year-old art technique in which cubes of glass
tile are fixed in a pattern to make a work of art. The mosaics in
town can be found at the Fine Arts Building, Student Services Building,
and Science-Agriculture Buildings at South Plains College, Methodist
Hospital, Levelland Clinic, Adult Learning Center, Hockley County
Library and the Levelland Area Chamber of Commerce. - Shannon Prothro,
August 30, 2003
High School
Ghosts in Levelland
"... we went to the janitors for answers.
Their stories started the biggest ghost hunt Levelland has ever
seen."
My name is Adam Wood. I was a senior at Levelland High School in
2001. I was in theater and we were soon going to competition so
we were rehearsing 6 until 9 in the evening. Well as kids do we
started telling ghost stories and before you knew it there were
stories about the school. Someone said that a student had died in
auto-machenics in around '96 so we went to the janitors for answers.
Their stories started the biggest ghost hunt Levelland has ever
seen.
We were told that it was true that a boy had died there. He was
electrocuted; and that someone had died in the gym as well when
the school was being built. They had seen a tall man dressed in
black wondering the halls. A teacher's husband had seen a girl in
the library and then two cheerleaders said they heard the sound
of little feet chasing them in the library one night.
Every night about 9:30 about 15 of us would walk all the way around
the school. No one was there but the 3 janitors and us. We had their
permission to go find anything. We took a video camera and something
happened on the fifth night. We saw nothing. I heard a piano music
but no one else did. When we watched the video we saw a man at the
end of the hallway in a white shirt and the piano music showed up.
It consumed our lives for 2 months and we never saw anything again.
I go back every now and then late at night and walk around but nothing
ever happens. - Adam Wood, May 25, 2002
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Tumbleweed in Levelland
Photo courtesy Shannon Prothro |
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"Sunset"
- taken just north of Levelland
Photo courtesy Shannon Prothro |
Levelland
Tourist Information
Levelland Chamber of Commerce
1101 Ave. "H". 806-894-3157
Website: www.levelland.com
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