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TEXHOMA, TEXAS/
OKLAHOMA
Sherman County,
Texas Panhandle
36°29'48"N 101°47'7"W (36.496553, -101.785272)
Hwy 54 and the Texas-Oklahoma state line
21 miles NE of Stratford, Texas the
county seat
22 miles SW of Guymon, Oklahoma
ZIP code 73960
Population: 323 Est. (2019)
346 (2010) 371 (2000) 291 (1990)
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town began
as a stop on the Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway in 1901.
Someone must've thought the state line was an appropriate place for
a depot. Platted in 1906, it had 300 people by 1910 with a school,
bank, and a grain elevator. A post office (Texas
side) was only open for a four month period 1909-1910.
In 1932 the state line was resurveyed to run 465 feet south of what
had been the State Line Road. This "relocated" most of the town's
businesses to the Oklahoma side. |
Grain Elevators
at Texhoma
Photo
Courtesy James Feagin, Columbia, Maryland, 2-2002 |
Sherman
County 1907 postal map showing Texhoma
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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