Midland County, Texas, Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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| Vanished Communities Map | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Midland County Communities | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net | |
| Airport Windmill | locale | 31.950556, -102.231389 | USGS | |
| Alamo Heights Church | church | 31.997222, -102.135278 | USGS | |
| Alamo Junior High School | school | 31.993889, -102.130278 | USGS | |
| Alamo Park | park | 31.992500, -102.132778 | USGS | |
| Anson Jones School | school | 31.982500, -102.143333 | USGS | |
| Antelope School | vanished school | 0.000000, -000.000000 | A public school operated at this rural community called Antelope in 1910, 1911, and 1912 with five teachers. Community was named for the game hunted in Midland County from 1875 to 1885. Neither cemetery nor post office existed in the community. Exact location cannot be pinpointed. Sources: County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum, Midland TX; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Com., 1984), 53; Jim Fenton, "Lum Medlin: Unherald Staked Plains Antelope Hunter," The Permian Historical Annual 28 (1988), 65-73. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Austin Junior High School | school | 32.025000, -102.064722 | USGS | |
| Azalea Oil Field | oilfield | 31.942222, -101.919722 | USGS | |
| Barnhart Windmill | locale | 31.669722, -102.219444 | USGS | |
| Bates Field | airport | 31.833333, -102.233611 | USGS | |
| Benge Corner | pop place | 31.713889, -102.009444 | lLocated at a point one mile South of Johnson Draw at the intersection of Farm Road 1787 and State Highway 349 in southern Midland County. Sources: Writer's observation. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Big Biz Windmill | locale | 31.976389, -102.200000 | USGS | |
| Bonham School | school | 31.995278, -102.128611 | USGS | |
| Boone | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was a rural community in Northeastern Midland County, located thirteen miles south of Stanton, Martin County,Texas. A public school was established at Boone, Texas, by 1910. Children of the Sam Woody family attended Boone School in 1914. Sunday School and church services were held at the community school house in the years between 1910 and 1923. K. S. Boone, who acquired the cattle brand of Charles A. McClintic on 10 January 1914, lived in Boone community and the community may have been named for him. The building that housed Boone School and the church meetings blew down in a storm in 1923, leaving the community without a focus. Neither cemetery nor post office existed at Boone, Texas. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 29, 53, 121; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Boone Ranch | locale | 31.949167, -101.792222 | USGS | |
| Bounce | pop place | 31.952500, -102.159167 | An unincorporated community located two miles Northeast of Midland International Airport on U. S. Highway 80 and the Missouri Pacific railroad in west central Midland County. No cemetery or post office exists at Bounce, Texas. Sources: USGS, GNIS; State Department of Highways and Public Transporation, General Map of Midland County, revised 1986; Writer's Observation. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Bowie School | school | 32.010833, -102.086667 | USGS | |
| Boxcar Windmill | locale | 31.793889, -102.155000 | USGS | |
| Brown Windmill | locale | 31.788056, -101.869167 | USGS | |
| Bryant Ranch | locale | 31.825556, -102.034722 | USGS | |
| Bryant Windmill | locale | 31.901667, -102.037778 | USGS | |
| Bull Head Windmill | locale | 31.669444, -102.247500 | USGS | |
| Bull Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.913611, -102.240556 | USGS | |
| Bull Windmill | locale | 31.788333, -101.915278 | USGS | |
| Bunche School | school | 31.992500, -102.055278 | USGS | |
| Burnet School | school | 31.976944, -102.123611 | USGS | |
| Camp Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.834722, -102.180000 | USGS | |
| Carver High School | school | 31.999167, -102.058611 | USGS | |
| Cement Windmill | locale | 31.808611, -101.960000 | USGS | |
| China Grove | vanished recreational area | 31.896944, -102.175000 | See China Mott, TX. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| China Mott | vanished recreational area | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Also known as China Grove, Texas, was a recreational area located at a point fifteen miles southwest of Midland, Texas, in west central Midland County. The shade trees. watered by the windmill on the dry prairie, provided a popular picnic setting for early Midland County residents. Since this was not an inhabited area, there was no post office or cemetery. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 58; USGS,GNIS. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| China Mott Windmill | locale | 31.896944, -102.175000 | USGS | |
| Chub | pop place | 32.023889, -102.018889 | An unincorporated community in northeastern Midland County. The community has never had a school, post office, or cemetery. Sources: USGS, GNIS; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Map of Midland County, revised 1986; Writer's Observation. | USGS
& Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Chuck Houston Windmill | locale | 31.801944, -102.154167 | USGS | |
| Cloverdale | vanished recreational area | 31.997222, -102.007500 | Was located east of Midland, Texas, on Cloverdale Farm, where Cole Park now stands, in Northeastern Midland County. The early recreational area was created before 1914 when Henry Halff, owner of the Quien Sabe Ranch, built a pavilion beside one of his water tanks. People came to the spot to swim, dance, and picnic. Since this was not an inhabited area, neither post office nor cemetery existed at Cloverdale. In 1998 only a road by that name existed. Source: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland County Historical Commission, 1984), 7. 82-83, 104, Midland Chamber of Commerce, City of Midland Map, revised 1990; Quien Sabe Ranch File, Midland County Museum, Midland, TX. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Cole Park | park | 31.997222, -102.007500 | USGS | |
| Consavvy Lake | lake | 31.902222, -101.966944 | USGS | |
| Corner Windmill | pop place | 31.833611, -102.153889 | USGS | |
| Cotton Flat | pop place | 31.928889, -102.059444 | An unincorporated community located 3.5 miles South of Midland, Texas, on State Highway 349 in central Midland County. The community began around 1910 when Henry Mayer Halff broke up his large Quien Sabe Ranch and divided it into family farms. Although the community had no name, it organized a school district by 1911 and erected a building that was also used for Sunday School and preaching. Lula Countiss taught school there in 1911. Reportedly, she and her sister selected the name Cotton Flat by drawing from submitted names that were placed in a hat. Cotton Flat School consolidated with Midland Independent School District in the 1940s. In 1998 Cotton Flat, Texas, consisted of a number of residences, a Baptist church and parsonage, and a grocery store. No post office or cemetery has ever existed at Cotton Flat community. Sources: USGS, GNIS; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Map of Midland County, revised 1986; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 19-21; 53, 69, 85; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum, Midland, TX; Writer's Observation. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Cotton Flat Church | church | 31.915278, -102.054722 | USGS | |
| County Line | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | The rural community of County Line was located in western Midland County, near the Ector County line. A public school was built there by the fall of 1913, but the building later burned. Neither post office nor cemetery existed at County Line. Sources: County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co, Hist. Com., 1984), 53. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Cowden Junior High School | school | 31.998889, -102.079722 | USGS | |
| Crawford Windmill | locale | 31.860000, -101.950556 | USGS | |
| Crier Park | park | 31.995556, -102.090278 | USGS | |
| Crockett School | school | 32.013889, -102.071389 | USGS | |
| Curry | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located south of Warfield, Texas, in West central Midland County. A public school was conducted in the rural community by 1912. The community was named for the Curry family who lived there. Neither post office nor cemetery existed at Curry, Texas. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co, Hist. Com., 1984), 29, 32, 53; Midland Map Company, Ownership Map of Midland County, 1989. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Dameron City | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located 1.5 miles [direction not known] from the original site of the post office at Midkiff, Texas, in Southeastern Midland County. It was established in 1911 by a promoter who bought on credit building materials from lumber yards in Midland to construct buildings. After two years the structures were unfinished and the promoter was out of money. He left the area in 1913 without paying the lumber yard owners and the community was abandoned. The lumber yard owners managed to reclaim some of their materials from the construction site. Dameron City, named for the promoter, operated a school from 1911 through 1913 in a building moved there from Midkiff, Texas. Neither post office nor cemetery existed at Dameron City, Texas. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist.Com., 1984), 36, 55; H. Bailey Carroll, ed., The Handbook of Texas, Vol. 1 (Austin: The Texas State Historical Assn., 1952), 462. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Darty Windmill | locale | 31.904444, -102.210833 | USGS | |
| De Zavala School | school | 32.003889, -102.065278 | USGS | |
| Dennis the Menace Park | park | 31.990556, -102.097222 | USGS | |
| Dog Town Windmill | locale | 31.704722, -102.185278 | USGS | |
| Dora Roberts Oil Field | oilfield | 31.811667, -102.264722 | USGS | |
| Double Well Windmill | locale | 31.737778, -102.266389 | USGS | |
| Dunagan Park | park | 31.979722, -102.064167 | USGS | |
| Dwight | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located in northeastern Midland County between Midland Draw and Mustang Draw. Community was established in the early 1880s when ranchers used the open range to graze cattle. No village developed and no post office was opened. In 1948 residents of the community received their mail from Stanton, Martin County. No cemetery was found at Dwight. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation,General Highway Map of Midland County, revised 1986; H. Bailey Carroll, ed., The Handbook of Texas, Vol. 1 (Austin: The Texas State Historical Assn., 1952), 530. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Eagles Nest Gliderport | airport | 31.683333, -102.183611 | USGS | |
| East Hensley Windmill | locale | 31.837500, -102.129444 | USGS | |
| East Holcomb Windmill | locale | 31.895833, -102.227222 | USGS | |
| East Williams Windmill | locale | 31.680278, -102.272778 | USGS | |
| East Windmill | locale | 31.718889, -102.141667 | USGS | |
| East Windmill | locale | 31.965278, -102.182222 | USGS | |
| East Windmill | locale | 31.862500, -102.217778 | USGS | |
| Elkin Park | park | 31.991389, -102.083333 | USGS | |
| Emerson School | school | 32.029722, -102.119722 | USGS | |
| Episcopal Day School | school | 32.018889, -102.131667 | USGS | |
| Estes | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located five miles South of Warfield in west central Midland County. A public school was located at Estes before the 1907-1908 term with twenty- three students and one teacher. Named for a local landowner, R. E. Estes, the school was still in operation in 1912. No post office and no cemetery existed at Estes, Texas. Sources: Texas State Historical Assn., unpublished chart of early West Texas schools, copy in Writer's file; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984). | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Fairview Cemetery | cemetery | 32.012500, -102.083333 | USGS | |
| Fannin School | school | 32.018056, -102.109444 | USGS | |
| Farm Windmill | locale | 31.824444, -101.789167 | USGS | |
| Fasken Park | park | 32.012222, -102.105833 | USGS | |
| Feedlot Windmill | locale | 31.943333, -102.249722 | USGS | |
| Fighting Hollow | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was a rural Midland County community that established a public school district by 1911. In 1945 Fighting Hollow School District consolidated with Midland Independent School District. No post office and no cemetery existed at Fighting Hollow, Texas. The geographic location of the community was not found. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880- 1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 53; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Fortyfive Windmill | locale | 31.865278, -101.916667 | USGS | |
| Fortyfour Windmill | locale | 31.865833, -101.949722 | USGS | |
| Franklin Ranch | locale | 31.868611, -101.966111 | USGS | |
| Frijol Windmill | locale | 31.716667, -102.260000 | USGS | |
| Garrett Brown Park | park | 31.983889, -102.116944 | USGS | |
| Germania | pop place | 32.064722, -101.939722 | An unincorporated farm community located eight miles northeast of Midland, Texas, and two miles south of the Martin County line, on Interstate 20 and the Missouri Pacific railroad in northeastern Midland County. The community began as a land promotion for the Texas and Pacific railroad, which offered land to prospective buyers who received free train trips to the area in 1883. Among the newcomers were a number of German-descent settlers who named the community in honor of their native land. In 1884 a post office opened at Germania, Texas, and continued until 1887. During World War I, when all things German were despised in the U. S., residents changed the name of the community to Paul and it was still listed as Paul in the 1947-1948 Texas Almanac. After World War I and in 1924, W. E. Jackson of Hillsboro, Texas, who exported cotton, bought land at Germania and used tenant farmers to work it. Six houses were built as homes for the tenant families. Jim Glass and his wife of Whitney, Texas, managed Jackson's property at Germania. Late in 1924, a store owned by Ector Thorton of Stanton, Texas, was opened at Germania and Grady Dawkins became manager. It operated as a company store with tenants buying supplies on credit and settling their accounts at harvest. Population of Germania, Texas, in 1933 (the height of the Great Depression) was ten. In 1948 the community consisted of twenty-five residents, two stores, and a section house. The last store closed in 1962. In 1996 population was listed as twenty-seven, but there was no listing for Germania, Texas, in 1998-1999 Texas Almanac. No school, church, or cemetery was found at Germania, Texas. Sources: USGS, GNIS; 1952-1953 Texas Almanac, 583; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 36; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 99; H. Bailey Carroll, ed., The Handbook of Texas (Austin: The Texas State Historical Assn., 1952), 1:684; II:347; both volumes refer to the community as Paul, Texas; 1996-1997 Texas Almanac, 296. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Germania Oil Field | oilfield | 32.001944, -101.848889 | USGS | |
| Goddard Junior High School | school | 32.029722, -102.115000 | USGS | |
| Golden Acres Country Club | locale | 31.903056, -102.268889 | USGS | |
| Gowden Park | park | 32.005000, -102.109444 | USGS | |
| Grafa Park | park | 32.010000, -102.120000 | USGS | |
| Gray Well | well | 31.777222, -101.922778 | USGS | |
| Gray Well Draw | valley | 31.803611, -101.932778 | USGS | |
| Green Hill Park | park | 32.041944, -102.165278 | USGS | |
| Greenwood | pop place | 32.027500, -101.895278 | An unincorporated farm community, is located eleven miles northeast of Midland, Texas, on State Highway 307 and Farm Road 1379 in northeastern Midland County. Farmers settled in the area as early as 1897. Greenwood Baptist Church was organized in 1907 in a vacant saloon at nearby Slaughter, Texas, and named for the Reverend Mr. Green and the Reverend Mr. Wood, the missionaries who led the church founding. John M. King, a charter member and deacon of the church, donated land and a building was erected in 1926. Greenwood Cemetery was laid out in the yard of Greenwood Baptist Church. [Survey of Greenwood Cemetery was published in The Thorny Trail 19:2 (Spring 1991), 87-95.] No school existed at Greenwood, Texas, until the school districts from the neighboring communities of Stokes, McClintic, and Prairie Lee combined to form Greenwood Independent School District in 1924. In 1998 Greenwood, Texas, was an active rural community with an accredited public school system, a volunteer fire department, three churches, two stores, a barber shop and 2,000 residents, who received their mail from Midland, Texas. Sources: USGS, GNIS; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 240,304; John Clements, Flying the Colors (Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1988), 437; Nancy R. McKinley, The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas, 1880- 1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 17-36, 76, 93, 96; Writer's Observation. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Haley Park | park | 31.991667, -102.092500 | USGS | |
| Halff Park | park | 31.985833, -102.072778 | USGS | |
| Hallanan Oil Field | oilfield | 31.925000, -102.264167 | USGS | |
| Headlee Windmill | locale | 31.973333, -102.280556 | USGS | |
| Henderson Park | park | 31.975833, -102.136389 | USGS | |
| Henderson School | school | 31.975556, -102.138611 | USGS | |
| Hensley Windmill | locale | 31.826111, -102.141944 | USGS | |
| Hi Estes Windmill | locale | 31.777222, -102.190556 | USGS | |
| Hi Lonesome Windmill | locale | 31.771667, -101.845833 | USGS | |
| Hidalgo Park | park | 32.006111, -102.062500 | USGS | |
| High Sky Girls Ranch | locale | 32.011944, -102.214444 | USGS | |
| Hill Park | park | 32.003611, -102.090278 | USGS | |
| Hill Windmill | locale | 31.858889, -101.823611 | USGS | |
| Hogan Park | park | 32.040556, -102.068611 | USGS | |
| Holdover Trap Windmill | locale | 31.860000, -102.284722 | USGS | |
| Horse Well | well | 32.007778, -102.285000 | USGS | |
| Houston School | school | 32.000278, -102.097222 | USGS | |
| Hutt Ranch | locale | 31.798889, -101.934444 | USGS | |
| Ingram | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was a rural Midland County community that established a public school district by the 1907-1908 term when twenty-nine students were taught by one teacher. It is assumed that the community was name for Frank Ingram, a successful Midland County rancher who lived south of Midland, Texas, in the 1880s and in Midland, Texas, during the 1920s. Neither post office nor cemetery existed at Ingram, Texas. Sources: Texas State Historical Association, unpublished chart of early West Texas schools, copy in Writer's file; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 19, 53, 117. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Iraan Windmill | locale | 31.738056, -102.162500 | USGS | |
| Jane Long School | school | 31.982778, -102.126667 | USGS | |
| Jeffs Windmill | locale | 31.910556, -102.262778 | USGS | |
| KBAT-FM (Midland) | tower | 31.958333, -102.066389 | USGS | |
| KCHX-FM (Midland) | tower | 31.914722, -101.963611 | USGS | |
| KCRS-AM (Midland) | tower | 32.069444, -102.029444 | USGS | |
| Kennedy | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was a rural Midland County community that opened a public school by 1910. Its exact geographic location cannot now be determined. Neither post office nor cemetery was located at Kennedy, Texas. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880- 1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 53; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| KENT-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.857500, -102.329444 | USGS | |
| KJBC-AM (Midland) | tower | 31.981944, -102.058333 | USGS | |
| KKKK-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.683889, -102.118889 | USGS | |
| KMND-AM (Midland) | tower | 31.963611, -102.081389 | USGS | |
| KODM-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.794444, -102.178889 | USGS | |
| KOYL-AM (Odessa) | tower | 31.785556, -102.370833 | USGS | |
| KOZA-AM (Odessa) | tower | 31.831111, -102.369167 | USGS | |
| KQRX-FM (Midland) | tower | 31.996944, -102.078611 | USGS | |
| KRIL-AM (Odessa) | tower | 31.816667, -102.350000 | USGS | |
| KWEL-AM (Midland) | tower | 31.962222, -102.068611 | USGS | |
| KWHU-FM (Midland) | tower | 31.996667, -102.078056 | USGS | |
| Lake Well Windmill | locale | 31.923333, -102.146667 | USGS | |
| Lake Windmill | locale | 31.793611, -101.887778 | USGS | |
| Lake Windmill | locale | 31.813056, -102.206389 | USGS | |
| Lake Windmill | locale | 31.815000, -101.835000 | USGS | |
| Lamar School | school | 31.990278, -102.113333 | USGS | |
| Lancaster Park | park | 31.994444, -102.123611 | USGS | |
| Largent Windmill | locale | 31.961667, -102.215556 | USGS | |
| Last Chance Windmill | locale | 31.805833, -101.852222 | USGS | |
| Lee High School | school | 32.012222, -102.128889 | USGS | |
| Little Star Windmill | locale | 31.857222, -102.234167 | USGS | |
| Lloyd Park | park | 32.007222, -102.079444 | USGS | McClintic | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | A community once located in central Midland County, founded a public school before 1912. The community was thought to be named for Charles A. McClintic, who registered a brand in Midland County in 1903 and ranched in northeastern Midland County. In 1924 schools at McClintic, Prairie Lee, and Stokes communities formed Greenwood Independent School District, which still operates. Although a post office never existed at McClintic, Texas, a cemetery was reportedly located there at a point now lost. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 29,53,69,96,150; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Memorial Stadium | locale | 32.001944, -102.097222 | USGS | |
| Middle Pen Windmill | locale | 31.930278, -102.256944 | USGS | |
| Middle West Windmill | locale | 31.876667, -102.113333 | USGS | |
| Middle Windmill | locale | 31.819722, -101.811389 | USGS | |
| Middle Windmill | locale | 31.937500, -102.262222 | USGS | |
| Middle Windmill | locale | 31.879722, -102.018056 | USGS | |
| Midkiff | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located twenty miles South of Midland, Texas, in Southeastern Midland County on the ranch of John Rufus Midkiff. A post office was opened 12 May 1904 in the general store where it remained until 1906. At that time Midkiff sold the ranch and store to T. M. Cotton, who moved the post office to a shed on the front porch of his ranch home. His daughter, Ada, served as postmaster until the post office closed in 1911. No cemetery was located at Midkiff, Texas. After the discovery of oil in Midland County an oil camp called Midkiff was established in 1950 at a location different from the original Midkiff, but in the same part of the county. Sources: USGS topographical map, Midkiff, Tex.; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Midland County, revised 1986; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980),120; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist.Comm., 1984),36,96; Texas Almanac 1928, map on the back cover shows the location of Midkiff, Texas; Ed Bartholomew, The Encyclopedia of Texas Ghost Towns (Fort Davis: Privately published, 1982), 67. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Midkiff Camp | locale | 31.684167, -101.874167 | USGS | |
| Midland | pop place | 31.997222, -102.077500 | Midland is the county seat. Designated as a section house on the Texas & Pacific railroad in 1881, it was first called Midway because it was geographically halfway between Fort Worth, Texas, and El Paso, Texas. Midland developed as a farm and ranch supply center. In 1884 a post office opened in Midland, Texas. On 28 February 1885 Midland County was formed from Tom Green County. By 1904 one public school existed in Midland, Texas, but by 1910 nine public schools and fifteen teachers made up its system. Midland Christian College, a private two-year institution was sponsored by Texas Christian University at Midland in 1910. The campus consisted of a three-story building until it closed in 1921. Midland became an oil-exploration center in the 1930s. In 1998 the town had a population of 98,251 and thrived as shopping center, reaching residents of surrounding hinterlands. Midland County Public Library [301 W. Missouri Ave., Midland TX 79701 (915/688-8991)],which opened by 1910, houses Redfern Genealogical Research Center. Midland has three cemeteries. The gate of Fairview Cemetery stands at the intersection of Nobles and Pecos streets in north central Midland. [It has no attended office.] Resthaven Memorial Park is laid out at the northeastern corner of the intersection at State Highway 349 and Loop 250 on the northeastern edge of town. Valhalla Mausoleum is located two miles north of Resthaven on State Highway 349. [Resthaven Memorial Park & Mausoleum, Inc., 4616 N. Big Spring, Midland TX 79705 (915/684-5462)] Sources: USGS,GNIS; USGS 7.5 topo maps of NW Midland, Tex., SW Midland, Tex., SE Midland, Tex., and NE Midland, Tex; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Map of Midland County, revised 1986; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980),120; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984),13-14,54-56,106; Henry Gannett, A Gazetteer of Texas, Bulletin 224 (Washington: USGS, 1904),112; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 240;Southwestern Bell Midland/Midkiff Directory, 1997;Writer's Observation. | USGS
& Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Midland Airpark | airport | 32.035556, -102.101944 | USGS | |
| Midland Country Club | locale | 32.065556, -102.095278 | USGS | |
| Midland County | civil | 31.866667, -102.050000 | USGS | |
| Midland County Park | park | 32.012778, -102.085556 | USGS | |
| Midland Draw | valley | 31.908889, -101.767222 | USGS | |
| Midland International Airport | airport | 31.942500, -102.201667 | See Sloan Field. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Midland Sewage Disposal Ponds | locale | 31.984167, -102.002222 | USGS | |
| Midway | pop place | 31.997222, -102.077500 | See Midland, TX. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Milam School | school | 31.840833, -102.352222 | USGS | |
| Milan School | school | 32.028056, -102.076944 | USGS | |
| Monahans Draw | valley | 31.962500, -101.886944 | USGS | |
| Montgomery | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Rural community, was located at an unidentified point in South central Midland County. The community founded a public school before 1911. The date that the school was abandoned or consolidated was not found. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 53; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Montgomery Windmill | locale | 31.804444, -102.130556 | USGS | |
| Moore Park | park | 32.009167, -102.084722 | USGS | |
| New Well Windmill | locale | 31.898611, -102.122778 | USGS | |
| New Well Windmill | locale | 31.933333, -102.233611 | USGS | |
| New Windmill | locale | 32.024444, -102.271944 | USGS | |
| Nineteen Windmill | locale | 31.855833, -101.898611 | USGS | |
| Nobles East Windmill | locale | 31.986667, -102.205278 | USGS | |
| North Benedict Windmill | locale | 31.782778, -102.166944 | USGS | |
| North Cooksey Windmill | locale | 31.992500, -102.267778 | USGS | |
| North Estes Windmill | locale | 31.829722, -102.216111 | USGS | |
| North James Windmill | locale | 31.932778, -102.183333 | USGS | |
| North Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.803333, -101.775000 | USGS | |
| North School | school | 32.001111, -102.080278 | USGS | |
| North Travelstead Windmill | locale | 31.876111, -102.206667 | USGS | |
| North Windmill | locale | 31.873056, -102.237222 | USGS | |
| North Windmill | locale | 31.945833, -102.155833 | USGS | |
| Number Two Windmill | locale | 31.891111, -102.096667 | USGS | |
| Oil Well Windmill | locale | 31.752500, -101.879722 | USGS | |
| Old Headquarters Windmill | locale | 31.989722, -102.169444 | USGS | |
| Open Tank Windmill | locale | 31.970556, -102.164444 | USGS | |
| Parks Oil Field | oilfield | 31.826944, -102.150556 | USGS | |
| Parks-Penn Oil Field | oilfield | 31.892778, -102.252500 | USGS | |
| Parkview Hospital | hospital | 32.030278, -102.071111 | USGS | |
| Partition Windmill | locale | 31.718889, -102.180000 | USGS | |
| Paul | pop place | 32.064722, -101.939722 | See Germania, TX. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Pease School | school | 32.024444, -102.059444 | USGS | |
| Peck Springs | vanished community | 31.825833, -101.872500 | A rural community centered around a water source, was located near the current Pecks Lake and seventeen miles southeast of Midland, Texas, on the old road to San Angelo, Texas, in southeastern Midland County. In the spring of 1884 Ben and George Wolcott located their ranch at Peck Springs, the water source. They sold the ranch to George G. Gray later in the year and moved to the Guadalupes in present Culberson County. Among the residents of the community in 1885 and 1886 were George G. Gray, F. W. Roberts, and James L. Gray. Thomas Oscar Midkiff and his wife, Lillie Davenport, lived at Peck Springs in a half-dugout around the turn of the century. A public school was established at Peck Springs by 1906 when the family of Walter William Wimberly settled there. The date of the abandonment or consolidation of the school was not found. Sources: USGS, GNIS; General Land Office of Texas, Origninal Owners Map of Midland County, 30 Sep 1930; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984, 18, 22, 53, 97, 118; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Pecks Lake | lake | 31.825833, -101.872500 | USGS | |
| Pegasus | oil field camp | 31.672778, -102.137222 | Oil company camp, was located in the oil field by the same name on Farm Road 1788 one mile north of the Upton County line in southern Midland County. The oilfield was discovered on 15 March 1949 and the company camp that provided homes for workers and their families was built after that date. With the improvement of roads and the advent of dependable transportation in West Texas during the 1960s, oil companies began to abandon camps for workers. Pegasus and many others in Midland County were deserted. No post office or cemetery existed at Pegasus, Texas. Sources: USGS, GNIS; General Land Office of Texas, Origninal Owners Map of Midland County, 30 Sep 1930; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984, 18, 22, 53, 97, 118; Frank A. Herald, Occurrence of Oil and Gas in West Texas, UT Pub. No. 5716 (Austin: Bureau of Economic Geology, 1957), 271. Writer's Observation. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Pegasus Gasoline Plant | oilfield | 31.661389, -102.137500 | USGS | |
| Pegasus Oil Field | oilfield | 31.672778, -102.137222 | USGS | |
| Pemberton Draw | valley | 31.888889, -101.789444 | USGS | |
| Pioneer Memorial Church | church | 31.851389, -101.803056 | USGS | |
| Pipeline Windmill | locale | 31.968056, -102.243056 | USGS | |
| Pleasant Valley | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was a rural farming community,located seven miles northwest of Midland, Texas, and one-half mile west of the current site of Midland Park Mall in northwestern Midland County. The community was formed before 1912 when several families moved to Midland County from Mississippi with the Moss brothers,who owned several sections of land and needed families to farm their land. To educate the children, a public school was built. The one-room structure was constructed on land donated by Clarence Scharbauer. The community also used the school building for Sunday School and church services. Pleasant Valley School closed in 1939 and the community lost its central focus. In 1998 only a street named "Moss" in the area of Pleasant Valley remained. No post office or cemetery was found at Pleasant Valley community. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 53,112; County School files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum; Writer's Observation. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Prairie Lee | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Rural community, was located ten miles east of Midland, Texas, on the John M. King Ranch in northeastern Midland County. By 1912 Scott McKee, G. N. Staton, and W. H. Stinson of the community built a public school building there that was also used for church services. Elma Grave taught at the school in 1912 and the children of John Stanton Wright were students in the 1910s and 1920s. Ethel McKee Staton taught at Prairie Lee School from 1920 through 1924, the year the school consolidated with McClintic and Stokes schools to form Greenwood Independent School District. With the consolidation, Prairie Lee community lost its central focus and the school building was sold in 1927. Among the early settlers of Prairie Lee community was William Edgar Pigg who farmed there before his marriage in May 1926. No post office or cemetery was established at Prairie Lee, Texas. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984),53,85,93,96,101,122; General Land Office of Texas, Original Owners Map of Midland County, 30 Sep 1930; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum, Midland, TX. NOTICE: For the last fifteen years, former students of Prairie Lee School have met for a reunion. They will meet next on 01 August 1998 at Greenwood Grade School Cafeteria. President is Fred Meissner, 2605 Ward Street, Midland TX, 79705 (915/682-5596). Source: Invitation to 16th Prairie Lee School Reunion, mailed 16 Jul 1998, Midland TX. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Ragsdale | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was a rural ranching community, was located twenty-five miles Southwest of Midland, Texas, in the southwestern corner of Midland County. It is assumed that the community was named for Joe T. Ragsdale, who registered a cattle brand in Midland County in 1916. He and his wife, Lou Ella, lived on TA Ranch in the community. A public school was organized at Ragsdale before 1912, but the date of its closing was not found. No post office or cemetery existed at Ragsdale, Texas. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984),31,33,53,105; General Land Office of Texas, Original Owners Map of Midland County, 30 Sep 1930. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Ranchland Hills Country Club | locale | 32.033333, -102.062778 | USGS | |
| Ratlift Park | park | 32.022222, -102.076667 | USGS | |
| Rattlesnake Raceway | locale | 31.913333, -102.044722 | USGS | |
| Red Tower Windmill | locale | 31.926111, -102.135556 | USGS | |
| Redtop Windmill | locale | 31.828611, -101.943611 | USGS | |
| Rest Haven Cemetery | cemetery | 32.045833, -102.081667 | USGS | |
| Reynolds Windmill | locale | 31.779722, -101.892778 | USGS | |
| Ridgeheights | pop place | 31.953333, -102.062222 | USGS | |
| Robinson | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located at an unidentified point in Midland County before 1907. A public school operated at Robinson in the 1907-1908 term with twenty-two students and one teacher. The community may have been named for Mrs. A. M. Robinson, who registered a Midland County cattle brand in 1898. No post office or cemetery existed at Robinson community. Sources: Texas State Historical Assn., Unpublished chart of early West Texas schools, copy in Writer's file; Nancy R. Rankin, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 28. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Rusk Park | park | 32.011389, -102.134167 | USGS | |
| Rusk School | school | 32.010556, -102.133333 | USGS | |
| Ryan Aerodrome | airport | 32.083333, -102.016944 | USGS | |
| Saddler Windmill | locale | 31.652500, -102.181111 | USGS | |
| Saint Ann School | school | 31.995000, -102.096667 | USGS | |
| Saint Paul Church | church | 31.980278, -102.133333 | USGS | |
| Salt Lake | lake | 31.860833, -101.989444 | USGS | |
| San Jacinto Junior High School | school | 32.007778, -102.100833 | USGS | |
| Sandy Acres | pop place | 31.951944, -102.076389 | USGS | |
| Scharbauer Oil Field | oilfield | 31.887778, -102.143333 | USGS | |
| Shackleford Windmill | locale | 31.846389, -101.837778 | USGS | |
| Shearing Pen Windmill | locale | 31.693611, -102.214444 | USGS | |
| Sidwell Park | park | 32.021667, -102.085556 | USGS | |
| Skywest Incorporated Airport | airport | 31.858333, -102.073889 | USGS | |
| Slaughter | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located ten miles Southwest of Stanton, Texas, and ten miles Northeast of Midland, Texas, near the Martin County line, on the Texas and Pacific railroad in northeastern Midland County by 1881, when it became a railroad section house. Slaughter, Texas, was named for Christopher Columbus (Lum) Slaughter, who owned Long S Ranch and used the open range in Midland County from 1879 through 1912. His cattle brands were registered in Midland County in 1892 and in 1900. A post office operated at Slaughter, Texas, from 1907 until 1912. A public school opened by 1911, where the children of John M. King were students. The date of the school closing was not found. A vacant saloon in Slaughter, Texas, was used for Sunday School and preaching. Greenwood Baptist Church, which still existed in 1998, was organized in that former saloon. No cemetery was found in the community. Sources: 1911 Texas Almanac, map in back cover pocket shows the location of Slaughter; Nancy R. Rankin, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 14,18, 24, 53, 56, 92-93; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 142; W. H. Whitlock, Cowboy Life on the Llano Estacado (Norman: Univ. of Okla Press, 1970), 145; H. Bailey Carroll, ed., The Handbook of Texas, Vol. 2 (Austin: The Texas State Historical Assn., 1952),618; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 30, 91; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum, Midland,TX; Writer's Observation. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Sloan Field | early airport | 31.942500, -102.201667 | Early aiport, was built on the site where the current Midland International Airport stands at the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Farm Road 1788 near the Missouri Pacific railroad in northwestern Midland County. It originated as a dirt landing strip in 1927, created by oilman Samuel Addison Sloan as his private field. He leased 220 acres of grassland from Clarence Scharbauer, a local rancher. Sloan then graded a landing strip, drilled a water well, and built a hangar for his plane. By 1928 Sloan Field became a refueling stop for military planes. Sloan crashed his own plane on 01 January 1929 near Colorado City, Texas, ending his life. However, the landing strip continued. His family bought the land he had leased from Scharbauer and began improvements. They added refueling services for planes, a terminal with a snack bar for passengers, a flying school, and a residence. A small army unit was also stationed there in 1929. On 01 July 1939 the family sold Sloan Field to the City of Midland and it was renamed Midland Municipal Airport. In 1941 the field became the site of a bombardier school and was renamed Midland Army Air Field. When the base closed in 1946, the field received an inactive status. In February 1947 the City of Midland, still owning the land, reclaimed the field. In 1990 it became Midland International Airport, serving a wide region of West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Map of Midland County, revised 1986; James L. Colwell, "Midland Army Air Field in World War II," in The Permian Historical Annual 25 (Dec 1985), 11-42; James L. Colwell, "'Hell from Heaven!' Midland Army Air Field in World War II: Part III," in The Permian Historical Annual 27 (Dec 1987), 95-127; Ed Vogler, Pres. of Midland International Airport Planning and Development Board, interview by Julia Cauble Smith, 05 Nov 1990, Midland, TX; Writer's Observation. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| South Benedict Windmill | locale | 31.766111, -102.155833 | USGS | |
| South Camp | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located at a point on the
Midland and Northwestern railroad fifteen miles northwest of Midland, Texas, in the northwestern corner of Midland
County. It was established in 1917 by the railroad and the family of Andrew Fasken moved there that year. The railroad
abandoned South Camp, Texas, in 1923 and the town vanished soon after that. There was never a post office or a cemetery at South Camp, Texas. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 16-17; USGS,GNIS; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 78; Ed Barthollomew, The Encyclopedia of Texas Ghost Towns (Ft. Davis: Privately published, 1982),97. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| South Camp Windmill | locale | 32.072222, -102.285833 | USGS | |
| South China Windmill | locale | 31.879722, -102.170556 | USGS | |
| South Cooksey Windmill | locale | 31.953611, -102.266944 | USGS | |
| South Estes Windmill | locale | 31.758889, -102.190278 | USGS | |
| South James Windmill | locale | 31.912778, -102.175000 | USGS | |
| South School | school | 31.987500, -102.075000 | USGS | |
| South Whittenburg Windmill | locale | 31.941111, -102.285833 | USGS | |
| South Williams Windmill | locale | 31.670278, -102.285833 | USGS | |
| South Windmill | locale | 32.018333, -102.260278 | USGS | |
| South Witcher Windmill | locale | 31.824167, -101.892778 | USGS | |
| Sparks Park | park | 32.018056, -102.061111 | USGS | |
| Spraberry | pop place | 31.923056, -101.825278 | An unincorporated community, is located on State Highway 158 and Farm Road 1379, sixteen miles southeast of Midland, Texas,in east central Midland County. Spraberry, Texas, came into existence after the discovery of oil in the Spraberry Trend Area on 24 February 1949. A post office was opened in 1954 and continued through 1959. In 1958 the community reported a population of fifty. Over the years, the community has had two churches, a cafe, a service station, and two stores. In 1990 one store operated at Spraberry, Texas, and population was forty-six. In 1998 population was still forty-six. Spraberry, Texas, had no school or cemetery. Sources: USGS,GNIS; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Map of Midland County, revised 1986; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Midland County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1963),6; Louise Gay, interview by Julia Cauble Smith, Spraberry, TX, 11 Oct 1990; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 315. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Spraberry Church | church | 31.916667, -101.824722 | USGS | |
| Spraberry Gas Plant | oilfield | 31.854722, -101.798889 | USGS | |
| Steel Trap Windmill | locale | 31.827222, -101.819167 | USGS | |
| Stephenson | vanished community | 31.880833, -101.884722 | Near Stephenson Lake, fifteen miles Southeast of Midland, Texas, on Donavan Ranch in Southeastern Midland County. A school operated there for about forty years. It was established by 1908 when the family of Joseph Heidelberg lived there. May Beth Judkins started to Stephenson School in 1925 and Vernetta Ray was her teacher. In 1947 Stephenson School consolidated with Midland Independent School District and the community lost its central focus. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984),53,88,90; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Stephenson Lake | lake | 31.880833, -101.884722 | USGS | |
| Stokes | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Located thirteen miles east of Midland, Texas, in Northeastern Midland County. The community was named for J. V. Stokes who came to Midland County from the Pecos River in 1890. He registered Midland County cattle brands in 1896 and 1897. Three schools were reported in the Stokes School District during the 1907-1908 term with three teachers instructing fifty-seven students. The family of Edward Eason Eiland lived at Stokes and Troy Eiland served on the Stokes School Board. In 1924 Stokes community lost its central focus through school consolidation. At that time the school districts of Stokes, McClintic, and Prairie Lee combined to form Greenwood Independent School District, which was still operating in 1998. Sources: General Land Office of Texas, Original Owners Map, 30 Sep 1930; Texas State Historical Assn., Unpublished chart of early West Texas schools, copy in Writer's file; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984),19,27,53,76,90; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Strickland | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Rural community that was located at an unidentified point in Midland County. A public school was founded at Strickland community before 1911, but the date of its closing was not found. Sources: Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 53; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia
Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Sweetie Peck Oil Field | oilfield | 31.677222, -102.224444 | USGS | |
| Taylor Park | park | 31.982222, -102.085000 | USGS | |
| Terminal | pop place | 31.942500, -102.201667 | Terminal, Texas [now annexed by Midland,TX], is located at the intersection of U.S.Highway 80 and Farm Road 1788 on the Missouri Pacific railroad in northwestern Midland County. It developed around Sloan Field, a private airport built in 1927 by oilman Samuel Addison Sloan. Sloan Field was bought by the City of Midland in 1939. A bombardier school opened at the airport in 1941 and the facility was renamed Midland Army Air Field. When the air base closed in 1946, Terminal, Texas, was granted a post office. By 1949 the community consisted of four businesses and 100 residents. In 1958 population rose to 400 and businesses to thirty- two. In 1965 the City of Midland extended it limits westerly along U.S. Highway 80 to annex both the airport [now Midland International Airport] and the community. At some time Terminal, Texas, had a school and a church, but no cemetery was created there. The main post office of Midland, Texas, is located at the community of Terminal. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Map of Midland County, revised 1986; H. Bailey Caroll, ed., The Handbook of Texas, Vol.2 (Austin: The Texas State Historical Assn., 1952),725; James L. Colwell, "Midland Army Air Field in World War II," in Permian Historical Annual 25 (Dec 1985), 11-42; James L. Colwell, "'Hell from Heaven!' Midland Army Air Field in World War II: Part III," in The Permian Historical Annual 27 (Dec 1987), 95-127; 1949-1950 Texas Almanac, 120; 1958-1959 Texas Almanac, 127; Ed Vogler, Pres. Midland International Airport Planning and Development Board, interview by Julia Cauble Smith, 5 Nov 1990, Midland, TX; Stan Sartain, U.S. Postal Service, interview by Julia Cauble Smith, Midland, TX, 05 Nov 1990. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Terrace Gardens Nursing Home | hospital | 31.993333, -102.109444 | USGS | |
| Tex-Harvey Camp | locale | 31.893611, -101.818056 | USGS | |
| Thaxter | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Located on the Midland and Northwestern railroad line in Northwestern Midland County. The settlement was established in 1917 when the railroad built its tracks from Midland, Texas, to Florey, Texas, in northwestern Andrews County, a distance of 47.5 miles. When the railroad was abandoned in 1923, Thaxter community vanished. Sources: Eldon Stephen Branda, ed., The Handbook of Texas, A Supplement, Vol. 3 (Austin: The Texas State Hist. Assn., 1976), 1001; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 78. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Thirtyeight Windmill | locale | 31.830000, -101.800278 | USGS | |
| Toad Loop | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Rural community that was located at an unidentified point in Midland County. A public school was located at Toad Loop community by the 1907-1908 term when seventeen students and one teacher were reported. Laura Johnson taught at the school from 1914-1917. She had eight students. Erma and Louis Wrage were two of her students. Sources: Texas State Historical Assn., Unpublished chart of early West Texas schools, copy in Writer's file; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880- 1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 53,59. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Tolbert Park | park | 32.020278, -102.065278 | USGS | |
| Tower Church | church | 31.953889, -102.104722 | USGS | |
| Tower Windmill | locale | 32.086111, -102.285000 | USGS | |
| Travis School | school | 31.981389, -102.062500 | USGS | |
| Tubb Wells | vanished community | 31.724722, -102.053611 | Rural community centered around water wells, was located twenty miles south of Midland, Texas, in south central Midland County. It was reportedly named for J. B. Tubb who registered a Midland County cattle brand in 1908. The family of William P. Lewis Nugent camped at Tubb Wells when they traveled from their ranch to Midland, Texas. A public school was in session at Tubb Wells before 1912 and it continued for more than thirty years. In 1945 Tubb Wells School consolidated with Midland Independent School District and the community lost its central focus. Sources: USGS, GNIS; State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Midland County, revised 1986; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 32,53,100; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Tubb Wells | well | 31.724722, -102.053611 | USGS | |
| Tucker Windmill | locale | 31.848611, -101.862778 | USGS | |
| Twenty Windmill | locale | 31.886111, -102.135556 | USGS | |
| Two Section Windmill | locale | 31.797222, -102.212500 | USGS | |
| Ulmer Park | park | 31.985000, -102.103056 | USGS | |
| Unnamed Cemetery | cemetery | 0.000000, -000.000000 | An unnamed, fenced cemetery once stood in a cotton field three miles east and two miles south of Greenwood, Texas, in Northeastern Midland County. Alvey Bryant first saw the cemetery in 1925 when he came to Midland County and settled a few miles from the site. Some long-time residents believe the cemetery was the burying place for a number of people who were traveling in a wagon train. The wagon train, they believed, was attacked by Indians or its people were stricken with a disease. The travelers camped at the site for some time, caring for the ill or injured and burying the dead. Eventually, the train moved on and the cemetery was left with no one to tend it. In 1990 all evidence of the cemetery was gone and cotton grew over the graves. Source: Alvey Bryant, interview by Julia Cauble Smith, Midland, Texas, 26 October 1990. | Julia Cauble
Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Valhalla Mausoleum | cemetery | 32.073333, -102.086944 | USGS | |
| Valley View | pop place | 31.943611, -101.994444 | An unincorporated community, located ten miles Southeast of Midland, Texas, on Farm Road 1213 in central Midland County. Like Cotton Flat community, Valley View developed as a farming community in the 1910s after Henry M. Halff broke up his many-sectioned Quien Sabe Ranch and divided it into family farms. Some early settlers of the community were the families of Almorane Brunson, Lenton Brunson, Symeon Castellaw, D. R. Ray, and T. N. Wilson. A school was opened in the community before 1911 in part of a farm house owned by the Ray family. There was one teacher and the school met in one room. Residents also met in the building for Sunday School and Baptist preaching. After one revival meeting, the converts were baptized in Rays' stock tank. Gilbert Brunson donated land for the construction of both a school and a church in 1927. Valley View School completed its building in 1932, but it consolidated with Midland Independent School District in 1945. Even without the school, the community continued. The school building became a well-kept community center. The Baptist church was still meeting in its original building in 1990, although it had been remodeled. Many former residents of Valley View community return each year for the Valley View Old-Timers Reunion. Surnames among those who returned on 13-14 June 1998 were Brunson, Campbell, Estes, Fleming, Hobbs, Jones, Ray, Sanders, Stewart, Vest, and Wimberley. Sources: USGS,GNIS; USGS 7.5 topo map, Stephenson Lake, Tex., 1974; John Clements, Flying the Colors (Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1988), 437; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 21, 53, 65, 68, 88, 96, 107, 118; General Land Office of Texas, Original Owners Map of Midland County, 30 Sep 1930; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum, Midland, TX; Doris Jones, interview by Julia Cauble Smith and Ann H. Auburg, Valley View, Texas, 25 Oct 1990; Midland Reporter-Telegram, 18 Jun 1998; Writer's Observation. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Valley View Church | church | 31.943611, -101.994444 | USGS | |
| Virey Oil Field | oilfield | 31.726944, -102.263333 | USGS | |
| Wadley Barron Park | park | 32.007778, -102.085833 | USGS | |
| Walcott Windmill | locale | 31.882778, -102.062500 | USGS | |
| Walters Ranch | locale | 31.771389, -102.272222 | USGS | |
| Warfield | pop place | 31.920833, -102.218333 | An unincorporated ranch community, was originally called Carson. It is located ten miles southwest of Midland, Texas, on the Missouri Pacific railroad and Interstate 20 in northwestern Midland County. When the Texas & Pacific railroad laid it tracks through the area in 1881, the location was designated a section house and its name was changed to Warfield for the Warfield family. Other families in Warfield community in the mid-1880s were those of Neil J. Gillis, E. Powell, Joseph Powell, W. L. Powell, and Edward Thomas. In 1884, before Midland County was created, a post office opened at Warfield, Texas, only to close in 1887. The post office was re-established in 1909 and finally closed in 1915. Warfield School building, which was also used for worship services, was built by 1912. In 1940 the community was a flag stop on the railroad, depending economically on ranching and oil, and consisting of twenty residents, a store, and the school. In 1945 the school consolidated with Midland Independent School District and the community lost its central focus. In 1998 Warfield, Texas, was best known for its truck stop. No cemetery was found in the community. Sources: USGS,GNIS; General Land Office of Texas, Midland County Map, 1896; Nancy R. McKinley, ed., The Pioneer History of Midland County 1880-1926 (Dallas: Midland Co. Hist. Comm., 1984), 22,36,53,118; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 30, 91; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 151; County School Files of Rose Rankin, Midland County Museum, Midland TX; H. Bailey Carroll, ed., The Handbook of Texas, Vol. 2 (Austin: The Texas State Historical Assn., 1952),863. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Warfield Oil Field | oilfield | 31.886667, -102.211944 | USGS | |
| Warsaw Oil Field | oilfield | 31.723611, -102.220833 | USGS | |
| Washington School | school | 31.999444, -102.053056 | USGS | |
| Weatherd Windmill | locale | 31.860000, -101.842778 | USGS | |
| West School | school | 31.992222, -102.096667 | USGS | |
| West Willow Well | well | 31.846944, -102.264722 | USGS | |
| West Windmill | locale | 31.739722, -102.193333 | USGS | |
| West Windmill | locale | 31.934444, -102.226667 | USGS | |
| West Windmill | locale | 32.081667, -102.143333 | USGS | |
| Willis Ranch | locale | 31.880833, -101.937500 | USGS | |
| Willow Well | well | 31.853056, -102.257778 | USGS | |
| Windmill Number Eight | locale | 31.790833, -102.061667 | USGS | |
| Windmill Number Five | locale | 31.855556, -102.084722 | USGS | |
| Windmill Number Four | locale | 31.838611, -102.067778 | USGS | |
| Windmill Number Fourteen | locale | 31.796944, -102.020278 | USGS | |
| Windmill Number Nine | locale | 31.796389, -102.035278 | USGS | |
| Windmill Number Nineteen | locale | 31.773889, -102.012222 | USGS | |
| Windmill Number One | locale | 31.774444, -101.974167 | USGS | |
| Windmill Number Seven | locale | 31.807500, -102.053333 | USGS |