Ector County, Texas, Landmarks & Vanished Communities

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Feature NameTypeLatitude, LongitudeDescriptionSource
Alamo Schoolschool31.867500, -102.370556USGS
Alley Oople Windmilllocale32.036111, -102.596389USGS
Andector Oil Fieldoilfield32.074167, -102.719722USGS
Antelope Lakelake31.998611, -102.520833USGS
Antioch Churchchurch31.885278, -102.339722USGS
Arcadepop place31.802778, -102.445556USGS
Austin Schoolschool31.851667, -102.373611USGS
Badgerpop place31.728889, -102.613889Badger, Texas, reportedly a populated place, was located 2 miles northeast of Judkins, Texas, on U. S. Highway 80 and the Texas & Pacific railroad in southwestern Ector County. Although it sat beside the railroad, Badger did not originate as a point on the railroad. Badger developed as a result of the oil discovery on 28 December 1926 in nearby Penwell field. In the oil boom that followed, Badger came into existence at sometime in 1927. By 1933 the community reported one business and a population of 200 and that population figure remained until sometime during World War II. After the war and through 1947 population showed a decline to fifty, still served by one business. Before 1949 both the population and the business disappeared and Badger, Texas, was not listed among Texas populated places by later issues of Texas Almanac or by John Clements in Flying the Colors (1984). No post office, school, church, or cemetery was found at Badger, Texas. Sources: Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Bill Walkup, "The Advent of the Iron Horse," in Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), 6-8; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8, 13; 1933 Texas Almanac, 54; 1936 Texas Almanac, 147; 1939 Texas Almanac, 103; 1941-42 Texas Almanac, 117; 1943-44 Texas Almanac, 71; 1945-1946 Texas Almanac, 111; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, 135, map on page 462 shows location of Badger, Texas; John Clements, Flying the Colors (Dallas: Clements Research, Inc., 1984), 218.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Barrow Parkpark31.855278, -102.384722USGS
Bellaire Parkpark31.875278, -102.368333USGS
Belmont Churchchurch31.845278, -102.383333USGS
Bethany Churchchurch31.890833, -102.371389USGS
Big Tanksreservoir31.832222, -102.752500USGS
Blackshear Staduimlocale31.840833, -102.346944USGS
Bonham Junior High Schoolschool31.870833, -102.352500USGS
Bowie Junior High Schoolschool31.860278, -102.384444USGS
Bradley Barn Wellwell31.743056, -102.521667USGS
Bradley Wellwell31.711389, -102.532500USGS
Breaks Wellwell31.702778, -102.471944USGS
Broughton Parkpark31.927500, -102.397778USGS
Buchanan Wellwell31.858056, -102.593611USGS
Buffalo Windmilllocale31.725000, -102.726667USGS
Bull Pasture Windmilllocale31.901389, -102.585000USGS
Bull Wellwell31.876944, -102.436111USGS
Bum Lakelake32.057222, -102.710833USGS
Bum Windmilllocale32.056389, -102.715278USGS
Bumper Tankreservoir31.808333, -102.771389USGS
Burleson Schoolschool31.877222, -102.390556USGS
Burnet Schoolschool31.881111, -102.361389USGS
Caliche Windmilllocale32.030000, -102.430000USGS
Cameron Schoolschool31.839167, -102.396111USGS
Casa Bella Parkpark31.872222, -102.363889USGS
C-Bar Ranchlocale31.722222, -102.621944USGS
Central Parkpark31.858889, -102.365278USGS
Chapel Hill Churchchurch31.898056, -102.361389USGS
Cherry Windmilllocale31.901111, -102.516944USGS
Cheyenne Lakelake31.937222, -102.717222USGS
Clark Brothers Ranchlocale31.676111, -102.413611USGS
Claypit Tankreservoir31.852500, -102.733889USGS
Cole Ranchlocale32.020000, -102.712778USGS
Collins Windmilllocale31.997222, -102.505278USGS
Comanche Trails Camplocale32.023333, -102.521111USGS
Conger Ranchlocale32.052222, -102.604444USGS
Cotter Tanksreservoir31.819722, -102.754722USGS
Cowden Oil Fieldoilfield31.816667, -102.493333USGS
Coyote Lakelake31.940556, -102.552500USGS
Crater Windmilllocale31.758333, -102.487778USGS
Cross Windmilllocale31.772500, -102.482500USGS
Crump Parkpark31.850833, -102.377500USGS
Dagger Windmilllocale31.786667, -102.798056USGS
Deep Windmilllocale31.688333, -102.712778USGS
Dipping Vat Wellwell31.913056, -102.446944USGS
Division Wellwell31.736667, -102.425556USGS
Donnelly North Oil Fieldoilfield31.931667, -102.551111USGS
Donnelly Oil Fieldoilfield31.888333, -102.545278USGS
Double H Oil Fieldoilfield31.710000, -102.455833USGS
Douro (Duro)pop place31.761667, -102.525278Douro [or Duro], Texas, a vanished community, was established 10 miles southwest of Odessa, Texas, on the Texas & Pacific railroad in southwestern Ector County in 1881, when the railroad reached the county. A town plat for Douro was drawn; lots were sold; and, plans for a courthouse were made. However, no town developed at the site. One story for the origin of the name is the Spanish word, duro, meaning firm or unyielding. According to the story, a Spanish-speaking track layer found the ground difficult to work with his pick and shovel and called it duro. After oil was discovered in Penwell field on 28 December 1926 and in Harper field on 02 December 1933, Douro became a small boom town for a short time. Douro reported one business and a population of 25 from 1939 until 1947. When the boom faded, so did Douro [Sources: Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8-13; 1939 Texas Almanac, 107; 1941-42 Texas Almanac, 121; 1943-44 Texas Almanac, 74; 1945- 1946 Texas Almanac, 116; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, 138] No post office existed at the site. Sources: Bill Walkup, The Advent of the Iron Horse," in Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), 3, 6-8; Wylene Kirk, Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area, in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 91.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Dowling Schoolschool31.865833, -102.359167USGS
Draw Windmilllocale32.085000, -102.458889USGS
Dumpground Windmilllocale31.804722, -102.325278USGS
East Buchanan Wellwell31.864722, -102.564167USGS
East Eight Section Windmilllocale31.731944, -102.296111USGS
East Goldsmith Oil Fieldoilfield32.006389, -102.585278USGS
East Nine Section Windmilllocale31.772500, -102.310000USGS
East Side Parkpark31.857500, -102.367778USGS
East Windmilllocale31.741111, -102.765833USGS
East Windmilllocale31.924722, -102.695278USGS
East Windmilllocale32.024444, -102.551111USGS
Ector Countycivil31.866667, -102.550000USGS
Ector High Schoolschool31.831389, -102.370278USGS
Ector Tankreservoir31.798889, -102.769167USGS
Embar Lakelake32.000833, -102.599722USGS
Embar Ranchlocale32.071389, -102.633056USGS
Fannin Schoolschool31.840000, -102.383889USGS
Farm Windmilllocale31.787222, -102.307500USGS
Five Section Windmilllocale31.920278, -102.289167USGS
Five Section Windmilllocale32.085556, -102.648056USGS
Flagg Ranchlocale32.038333, -102.786944USGS
Floyd Gwin Parkpark31.843889, -102.393333USGS
Foster Oil Fieldoilfield31.856944, -102.440000USGS
Four Section Wellwell31.872778, -102.504167USGS
Four Section Windmilllocale31.970556, -102.336944USGS
Gardendalepop place32.020278, -102.379722USGS
Germany Wellswell31.681111, -102.537500USGS
Giffon Windmilllocale32.005833, -102.550833USGS
Goldsmithpop place31.980556, -102.614722USGS
Goldsmith Oil Fieldoilfield31.964722, -102.662778USGS
Goldsmith Plantother31.981667, -102.634167USGS
Goliad Schoolschool31.895000, -102.380556USGS
Gonzales Schoolschool31.869167, -102.335278USGS
Great Oil Basin Shopping Centerlocale31.860278, -102.352500USGS
Green Windmilllocale32.020278, -102.741944USGS
Greenfield Acres Churchchurch31.906111, -102.413889USGS
Gulf Camp Windmilllocale31.966389, -102.603333USGS
Hammett Windmilllocale31.814444, -102.375833USGS
Harper Oil Fieldoilfield31.806389, -102.562500USGS
Harrisdale Churchchurch31.862778, -102.412222USGS
Hays Schoolschool31.836944, -102.343889USGS
Headlee Oil Fieldoilfield31.880833, -102.306667USGS
Henderson Heights Churchchurch31.841111, -102.415556USGS
Henderson Jog Windmilllocale31.764444, -102.450000USGS
Henderson Parkpark31.871667, -102.383889USGS
Henderson Windmilllocale31.748056, -102.464722USGS
Hendricks Windmillslocale31.835278, -102.309722USGS
Holy Redeemer Churchchurch31.861667, -102.407222USGS
Home Pasture Windmilllocale31.740833, -102.396944USGS
Homestead Tankreservoir31.806667, -102.766389USGS
Hood Junior High Schoolschool31.881944, -102.375556USGS
Hunter Wellwell32.008889, -102.334722USGS
Ireland Schoolschool31.891667, -102.362222USGS
James Lakelake31.988611, -102.524722USGS
Jim Bayoustream32.872778, -094.122778USGS
Johnson Oil Fieldoilfield31.895000, -102.504722USGS
Judkinspop place31.717500, -102.632222Located 18 miles southwest of Odessa, Texas, on Interstate 20 and the Missouri Pacific railroad in southwestern Ector County. The community began as a point on the Texas & Pacific railroad when its tracks were extended into the county in 1881, but no name was found for the railroad location. The Judkins family settled there in 1898 and the current community name was supplied by Frank Judkins, who became postmaster when the first post office opened on 26 December 1906. Judkins School District first levied taxes in the 1907-1908 term and built a new building at the cost of $3,000 in 1908. In 1908-1909 the school enrolled 71 pupils who were taught by two teachers. A townsite was planned and a group of 24 German farm families came from a settled Texas area to live in the community during a wet year such as 1908. Their row crops, including cotton, grew well until the drought of 1910 sent them back to their earlier homes. When Felix E. Jones was postmaster in 1910, the post office closed. On 26 August 1912, a former Judkins postmaster, George E. Printz, managed to reopen a post office, but it closed again on 30 September 1914. Morgan H. Lewis reestablished the post office on 09 September 1916, but this third post office was discontinued before the end of the year and the building was moved to Odessa. By 1921 the school building was in need of repair and Judkins School District was consolidated with all other districts in the county to form Ector County School District. On 28 December 1926 oil was discovered in nearby Penwell field and a fourth post office opened at Judkins on 15 August 1928 with Dorothy Tharp as postmaster. Temporarily revived by the oil boom, Judkins reported a population of 150 in 1929. From 1933 through 1947 Judkins consisted of 15 residents and one business, although the post office consolidated with the one at Penwell on 15 June 1936 when Hiram R. Smith was postmaster. From the 1950s through the 1990s no population and no businesses were recorded for Judkins by Texas Almanac. John Clements did not list Judkins among populated communities of Ector County in 1988. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 91; Tracy Byers, "History of Education in Ector County," in Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961, 21-23; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8; 1929 Texas Almanac, 57; 1933 Texas Almanac, 60; 1936 Texas Almanac, 153; 1939 Texas Almanac, 109; 1941-42 Texas Almanac, 123; 1943-44 Texas Almanac, 77; 1945-46 Texas Almanac, 119; 1947-48 Texas Almanac, 141; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 109; John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas Facts, 5th ed. (Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1988), 218.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
KENT-AM (Odessa)tower31.820556, -102.428333USGS
KENT-FM (Odessa)tower31.897222, -102.565833USGS
KGEE-FM (Monahans)tower31.761111, -102.524444USGS
King Lakelake31.750833, -102.696111USGS
KKKK-FM (Odessa)tower31.847222, -102.454167USGS
KMGP-FM (Monahans)tower31.965278, -102.769444USGS
KMLM-TV (Odessa)tower32.048056, -102.295556USGS
KMRK-FM (Odessa)tower31.770000, -102.540556USGS
KNDA-AM (Odessa)tower31.802500, -102.382500USGS
KOCV-FM (Odessa)tower31.865833, -102.382500USGS
KOCV-FM (Odessa)tower31.858333, -102.383333USGS
KOCV-TV (Odessa)tower31.866389, -102.380556USGS
KODM-FM (Odessa)tower31.659444, -102.293889USGS
KOSA-TV (Odessa)tower31.863889, -102.578056USGS
KOYL-AM (Odessa)tower31.876111, -102.405278USGS
LaFiesta Parkpark31.839444, -102.353611USGS
Lammar Schoolschool31.854167, -102.360556USGS
Lawson Oil Fieldoilfield31.880000, -102.631944USGS
McElroy Trap Windmilllocale31.746667, -102.349167USGS
McKinney Parkpark31.824722, -102.364444USGS
McKinney Windmilllocale31.905278, -102.301389USGS
Menard Windmilllocale31.838889, -102.288333USGS
Mesco Windmilllocale31.860833, -102.319722USGS
Metzpop place31.703333, -102.656667Located 4 miles southwest of Judkins, Texas, and 5 miles northeast of Prairie Home, Texas, on the Texas & Pacific railroad in southwestern Ector County. Metz became a section house on the railroad when its tracks were extended into the county in 1881. Although the railroad may have planned a townsite at the location, no community grew up around the section house. Metz was named in honor of the city in Germany with the same name. Sources: Wylene Kirk, Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 91; Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), map on page 3.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Metz Oil Fieldoilfield31.702778, -102.662222USGS
Mexican Wellwell31.914722, -102.478333USGS
Middle Windmilllocale31.668889, -102.667778USGS
Milam Schoolschool31.840833, -102.352222USGS
Moose Oil Fieldoilfield31.702778, -102.293611USGS
Moss Oil Fieldoilfield31.764167, -102.590556USGS
Moss Ranchlocale31.807500, -102.408611USGS
Mowing Machine Lakelake31.979444, -102.505833USGS
Muskingum Drawvalley31.823611, -102.355556USGS
Nester Wellwell31.702778, -102.501667USGS
New Wellwell31.688889, -102.592500USGS
New Wellwell31.893056, -102.454444USGS
New Windmilllocale31.997500, -102.607222USGS
New Windmilllocale32.066111, -102.371667USGS
North Burkett Windmilllocale31.935278, -102.515000USGS
North Clyde Windmilllocale31.963611, -102.584444USGS
North Cowdenpop place32.004444, -102.512500Located 17 miles northwest of Odessa, Texas, between Scharbauer City, Texas, and Goldsmith, Texas, on State Highway 158 in north central Ector County. The community formed to supply workers and operators in North Cowden Field after oil was discovered there on 03 September 1930. The town and the oil field were named for the local ranching family. In 1947 a post office opened with Anna Dryer as the first postmaster. By 1952 three businesses served a community of 80. From 1954 through 1961 seven businesses operated at North Cowden. However, all businesses closed before 1964 and the post office followed before 1976. John Clements did not list North Cowden among populated communities of Ector County in 1988, although 1998-1999 Texas Almanac listed a population of 80 at the site. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; North Cowden, Tex, USGS 7.5 topographical map, 1967; Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8; 1952-53 Texas Almanac, 91; 1954-55 Texas Almanac, 118; 1956-57 Texas Almanac, 150; 1958-59 Texas Almanac, 124; 1961-62 Texas Almanac, 213; 1964-65 Texas Almanac, 150; 1966-67 Texas Almanac, 150; 1976-77 Texas Almanac, 202; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 310; John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas Facts, 5th ed. (Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1988), 218.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
North Cowden Deep Oil Fieldoilfield32.081111, -102.590556USGS
North Cowden Oil Fieldoilfield32.014722, -102.505833USGS
North House Windmilllocale31.702222, -102.792222USGS
North Johnson Wellwell31.934722, -102.457500USGS
North Kelly Windmilllocale31.709444, -102.363056USGS
North Wellwell32.001389, -102.357500USGS
North Whittenburg Windmilllocale31.967778, -102.308611USGS
North Windmilllocale31.804167, -102.395556USGS
Northeast Windmilllocale31.977222, -102.685278USGS
Northside Churchchurch31.891111, -102.387778USGS
Northwest Lakelake31.991389, -102.562222USGS
Northwest Wellwell31.954722, -102.746667USGS
Northwest Windmilllocale31.966389, -102.553056USGS
Notreespop place31.917222, -102.755278Located 22 miles northwest of Odessa, Texas, on State Highway 302 in western Ector County. The community developed after the discovery of oil in TXL Field on 31 December 1944. The community was known at various times as Caprock, TXL, and Strawberry before Charles E. Brown, a local merchant, petitioned for a post office and selected the descriptive name of Notrees. Reportedly, the town had one native tree before it was destroyed in the construction of a gasoline plant by Shell Oil Company. The post office opened 04 December 1946 and Brown served as the first postmaster. At that time the town consisted of two cafes, one gas station, two welding shops, Brown's grocery store, three company houses, and 85 people. The area thrived as new horizons were added to TXL Field in the 1950s and Notrees continued to serve the oil industry as those horizons were developed in the 1960s and 1970s. Population remained at 85 until 1966 when 338 residents were reported. Over the years, Notrees was the site for ten oil company camps, a grade school, and a recreation hall. The number of businesses fluctuated from seven in the late 1950s to one in the mid-1980s. By the 1980s oil companies abandoned company camps that had provided housing for employees and their families. With improved roads and good transportation, workers were able to live in Odessa and drive to work in Notrees. In 1998 Notrees had many trees, but was still closely tied to oil production. At that time it reported a population of 338, served by four businesses and its post office (zip code 79759). Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8-13; Kathleen E. St. Clair and Clifton R. St. Clair, Little Towns of Texas (Jacksonville, TX: by authors, 1982), 657-658; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, page 144 listed Notrees for first time; 1949-1950 Texas Almanac, 116; 1956-1957 Texas Almanac, 150; 1966-1967 Texas Almanac, 150; 1980-1981 Texas Almanac, 202; 1984-1985 Texas Almanac, 361; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 311; John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas Facts, 5th ed. (Dallas: Clements Research, Inc., 1988), 218.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Number One Windmilllocale31.772222, -102.720000USGS
Number Two Windmilllocale31.772222, -102.629167USGS
Odessapop place31.845556, -102.367222USGS
Odessa Collegeschool31.866111, -102.380833USGS
Odessa Country Clublocale31.887778, -102.288889USGS
Odessa Meteor Cratercrater31.755833, -102.478333USGS
Odessa-Schlemeyer Fieldairport31.920556, -102.386944USGS
Old Buchanan Ranchlocale31.835278, -102.588333USGS
Old Burkett Windmilllocale31.910833, -102.534722USGS
Old Johnson Wellwell31.840833, -102.576667USGS
Old South Windmilllocale31.900833, -102.687500USGS
Pacifie Road Churchchurch31.844444, -102.409167USGS
Pear Tree Windmilllocale31.946944, -102.312778USGS
Pease Schoolschool31.854444, -102.403056USGS
Penwellpop place31.739722, -102.591111USGS
Penwell Churchchurch31.723611, -102.599167USGS
Permian High Schoolschool31.886944, -102.357222USGS
Plover Lakelake31.961667, -102.545833USGS
Polyantha Parkpark31.873056, -102.375278USGS
Prairie Dog Lakelake31.960278, -102.535556USGS
Prairie Dog Windmilllocale31.701111, -102.436111USGS
Prairie Homevanished community0.000000, -000.000000Was located 23 miles southwest of Odessa, Texas, and less than two miles north of the Crane County line in southwestern Ector County. The community began as a section house on the Texas & Pacific railroad when its tracks were extended into the county in 1881. H. C. Anderson requested a post office at Prairie Home in 1908, stating that it was to supply about 75 community residents. His petition mentioned the expected arrival of other settlers who would increase the number of post office patrons. On 15 January 1909 the post office opened and Anderson became the first postmaster. Prairie Home continued as a post office until 30 April 1913 when the office was moved to Judkins, Texas, about ten miles to the northeast and also on the railroad. Apparently, the expected new settlers never came and the community faded into oblivion. Sources: Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), map on page 3 shows early communities of Ector County; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 91; 1912 Texas Almanac, 103; listed Prairie Home in Ector County, but gave no population; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 132.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Prairie Home Windmilllocale31.660833, -102.741111USGS
Progressive Parkpark31.851944, -102.365278USGS
Ratliff Oil Fieldoilfield31.964722, -102.367778USGS
Ratliff Ranchlocale31.955278, -102.352500USGS
Reagen Schoolschool31.871111, -102.347500USGS
Red Lakeslake31.789722, -102.684722USGS
Red Tankreservoir31.858056, -102.739167USGS
Registered Pasture Windmilllocale31.905278, -102.596111USGS
Rich Uncle Windmilllocale32.018611, -102.616667USGS
Rock Hill Shopping Centerlocale31.858333, -102.358611USGS
Rodman Ranchlocale31.730833, -102.383333USGS
Ross Schoolschool31.892778, -102.371389USGS
Royalty Parkpark31.856667, -102.347500USGS
Rusk Schoolschool31.837778, -102.367500USGS
Saint Asbury Churchchurch31.878056, -102.337778USGS
Saint Johns Churchchurch31.838056, -102.388333USGS
Saint Lukes Churchchurch31.887500, -102.363889USGS
San Houston Schoolschool31.877778, -102.379722USGS
San Jacino Parkpark31.857222, -102.392778USGS
San Jacinto Schoolschool31.856389, -102.390278USGS
Sand Windmilllocale31.741389, -102.763611USGS
Scharbauer Citypop place32.023611, -102.430000Located 1.5 miles west of Gardendale, Texas, at the intersection of State Highway 158 and U. S. Highway 285 in northeastern Ector County. It was named for a local ranching family and developed before 1947 after the opening of several oil fields in northern Ector County. From 1949 through 1958 the community reported a population of 20 and one business. After 1960 and through 1998 the population remained at 20, but the store had closed. No school or post office was found at Scharbauer City. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; Gardendale, Tex, USGS 7.5 topographical map, 1968; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8-13; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, 146; 1961-62 Texas Almanac, 215; 1998-99 Texas Almanac, 314; John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas Facts, 5th ed. (Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1988), 218, did not list Scharbauer City among the unincorporated communities of Ector County.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
Sheep Camp Windmilllocale31.656944, -102.314722USGS
Sherwood Parkpark31.891111, -102.373333USGS
Sherwood Shopping Centerlocale31.886111, -102.371389USGS
Shipping Pasture Windmilllocale31.817778, -102.352500USGS
Sid Richardsonlocale31.776667, -102.496667USGS
Simms Tankreservoir31.662778, -102.455833USGS
Simms Windmilllocale31.679167, -102.458611USGS
Six Section Windmilllocale31.878611, -102.601944USGS
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Smith Chapelvanished community0.000000, -000.000000Was located at an unknown point about twelve miles northwest of Odessa, Texas, in central Ector County. It was the setting for a school and a union church, as implied by its name. In 1906 R. W. Smith and Teague Baker, who owned adjoining ranches in Ector County, determined to provide a school for their community and built an 8- foot-by-10-foot one-room school in Baker's pasture. They hired a teacher for $15 per month, with room and board. In 1908 the two men built a larger school at the cost of $450, but they needed funding to maintain it and decided to turn their ranch school into a public one. The two ranchers and an unidentified cowboy signed a petition for the organization of Baker School District to the county commissioners and held the required election for trustees. They opened the polls from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., but only the three of them came to vote. When they closed the voting, they announced themselves elected trustees and returned the papers to the courthouse the following day. The ungraded school at Smith Chapel in Baker School District No. 5 enrolled only five students with one teacher for a 160-day term in 1907-1908. In 1908-1909 term, the ungraded school had 12 pupils and one teacher. The school continued to hold sessions until 1921 when all Ector County school districts were consolidated into one district with one school in Odessa. No post office existed at Smith Chapel, Texas. Sources: Ed Bartholomew, The Encyclopedia of Texas Ghost Towns (Ft. Davis: Privately published, 1982), 96; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986, labeled the Smith triangulation point, east of Farm Road 1936 and west of U.S. Loop 385; Tracy Byers, "History of Education in Ector County," Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), 21-23; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 179.USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net
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