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MIDKIFF,
TEXASUpton
County West Texas
FM 3095 and FM 2401
Just South of the Midland County Line
SE of Midland
and Odessa
Population: 00098 (2000) |
History in a Pecan Shell
Don’t look for any 19th Century history for present-day Midkiff. There isn’t any.
There was an earlier community by that name in the region (in Midland County)
named after rancher John Rufus Midkiff. With the discovery of oil in 1950, wags
submitted the name Hadacol (a well-known cough syrup) Corners on the application
for a post office. It was promptly rejected and Midkiff was taken down from the
shelf, dusted off and put back into use when the post office opened its doors
in ’52.
Although there were only 20 residents throughout the 1950s, it
is reported that the community had some 40 structures, including three churches
in the 1960s. The number of residents reached 84 in 1968.
The 2000 census
showed a population of 98 with some 19 businesses. |
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