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TAHOKA, TEXAS

Lynn County Seat, Texas Panhandle
Highways 87 and 38
28 miles E of Brownfield
26 miles W of Post
30 miles S of Lubbock

Population 2,910 (2000) 2,868 (1990)

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The English Theater, Tahoka, Texas
 
The English Theater in Tahoka
Photo courtesy Billy Smith, July 2001
Lynn County Courthouse

Tahoka Recreation

  • Double Lakes - 7 miles northwest of Tahoka
  • Tahoka Lake - 5 miles northeast of Tahoka
  • Mound Lake - on the Lynn-Terry county line
  • Twin Lakes - southwest of Tahoka
  • Guthrie Lake - southwest of Tahoka

    Tahoka History

    "... It was established in 1903 as the county seat of the newly organized county...."
    - From The Handbook of Texas Online
    http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/hgt2.html


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    Hotel Lynn in Tahoka

    1908 postcard courtesy texasoldphotos.com
    Tahoka High School, Texas




    Tahoka High School

    1908 postcard courtesy texasoldphotos.com
    Lynn County Courthouse
    The 1916 Lynn County Courthouse

    Postcard circa 1925 courtesy THC

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