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CROSBYTON,
TEXAS
Crosby County Seat,
Texas Panhandle
Highway 82
36 miles E of Lubbock
40 miles N of Post
32 miles W of Dickens
Population:
1,874 (2000) 2,026 (1990)
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View of
a corner of the square
Vintage photo courtesy Margot Hardin & City of Crosbyton |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Crosby County was organized in 1886 and named after the General Land
Office commissioner Stephen Crosby. Prior to Crosby - the towns of
Estacado and Emma also served as county seats. |
A timeline
of a few significant events in Crosbyton's history:
1908: Townsite
is surveyed by the C. B. Livestock Co. Lots went on sale shortly thereafter
and a post office was granted the same year
1910: County election was held to determine the county seat. Crosbyton
took the title from Emma.
1911: The Crosbyton-South Plains Railroad comes into being
1930s: Population declines as a result of The Great Depression
1947: First hospital opened
1958: Museum is planned and built through a foundation set up by Zina
Lamar
1975: Municipal airport opens
Crosby
County Courthouse |
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Two
riders on main street
Vintage photo courtesy Margot Hardin & City of Crosbyton |
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Downtown
Crosbyton
Vintage photo courtesy Margot Hardin & City of Crosbyton |
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Mt.
Blanco Fossil Museum
Photo
courtesy Margot Hardin & City of Crosbyton
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Pioneer
Memorial Museum
Photo courtesy Margot Hardin & City of Crosbyton |
Crosbyton
Attractions
The Crosby
County Pioneer Memorial Museum: 101 Main Street
Mt. Blanco
Fossil Museum
White River
Reservoir - 25 miles south of Crosbyton
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/whiterv/lake_id.htm
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Crosbyton
Tourist Information
Crosbyton Chamber
of Commerce: 115 S. Ayrshire 806-675-2261 |
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Coca Cola sign in Crosbyton
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson |
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