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Feature Name	St	County Name	Type	Latitude Longitude	Description	Submitters Name E-mail address
Alamo School	TX	Ector	school	315203N 1022214W		USGS
Alley Oople Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320210N 1023547W		USGS
Andector Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	320427N 1024311W		USGS
Antelope Lake	TX	Ector	lake	315955N 1023115W		USGS
Antioch Church	TX	Ector	church	315307N 1022023W		USGS
Arcade	TX	Ector	pop place	314810N 1022644W		USGS
Austin School	TX	Ector	school	315106N 1022225W		USGS
Badger	TX	Ector	pop place	314344N 1023650W	Badger, 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 Park	TX	Ector	park	315119N 1022305W		USGS
Bellaire Park	TX	Ector	park	315231N 1022206W		USGS
Belmont Church	TX	Ector	church	315043N 1022300W		USGS
Bethany Church	TX	Ector	church	315327N 1022217W		USGS
Big Tanks	TX	Ector	reservoir	314956N 1024509W		USGS
Blackshear Staduim	TX	Ector	locale	315027N 1022049W		USGS
Bonham Junior High School	TX	Ector	school	315215N 1022109W		USGS
Bowie Junior High School	TX	Ector	school	315137N 1022304W		USGS
Bradley Barn Well	TX	Ector	well	314435N 1023118W		USGS
Bradley Well	TX	Ector	well	314241N 1023157W		USGS
Breaks Well	TX	Ector	well	314210N 1022819W		USGS
Broughton Park	TX	Ector	park	315539N 1022352W		USGS
Buchanan Well	TX	Ector	well	315129N 1023537W		USGS
Buffalo Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314330N 1024336W		USGS
Bull Pasture Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315405N 1023506W		USGS
Bull Well	TX	Ector	well	315237N 1022610W		USGS
Bum Lake	TX	Ector	lake	320326N 1024239W		USGS
Bum Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320323N 1024255W		USGS
Bumper Tank	TX	Ector	reservoir	314830N 1024617W		USGS
Burleson School	TX	Ector	school	315238N 1022326W		USGS
Burnet School	TX	Ector	school	315252N 1022141W		USGS
C-Bar Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	314320N 1023719W		USGS
Caliche Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320148N 1022548W		USGS
Cameron School	TX	Ector	school	315021N 1022346W		USGS
Casa Bella Park	TX	Ector	park	315220N 1022150W		USGS
Central Park	TX	Ector	park	315132N 1022155W		USGS
Chapel Hill Church	TX	Ector	church	315353N 1022141W		USGS
Cherry Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315404N 1023101W		USGS
Cheyenne Lake	TX	Ector	lake	315614N 1024302W		USGS
Clark Brothers Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	314034N 1022449W		USGS
Claypit Tank	TX	Ector	reservoir	315109N 1024402W		USGS
Cole Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	320112N 1024246W		USGS
Collins Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315950N 1023019W		USGS
Comanche Trails Camp	TX	Ector	locale	320124N 1023116W		USGS
Conger Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	320308N 1023616W		USGS
Cotter Tanks	TX	Ector	reservoir	314911N 1024517W		USGS
Cowden Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314900N 1022936W		USGS
Coyote Lake	TX	Ector	lake	315626N 1023309W		USGS
Crater Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314530N 1022916W		USGS
Cross Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314621N 1022857W		USGS
Crump Park	TX	Ector	park	315103N 1022239W		USGS
Dagger Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314712N 1024753W		USGS
Deep Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314118N 1024246W		USGS
Dipping Vat Well	TX	Ector	well	315447N 1022649W		USGS
Division Well	TX	Ector	well	314412N 1022532W		USGS
Donnelly North Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315554N 1023304W		USGS
Donnelly Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315318N 1023243W		USGS
Double H Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314236N 1022721W		USGS
Douro (Duro)	TX	Ector	pop place	314542N 1023131W	Douro [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 School	TX	Ector	school	315157N 1022133W		USGS
Draw Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320506N 1022732W		USGS
Dumpground Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314817N 1021931W		USGS
East Buchanan Well	TX	Ector	well	315153N 1023351W		USGS
East Eight Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314355N 1021746W		USGS
East Goldsmith Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	320023N 1023507W		USGS
East Nine Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314621N 1021836W		USGS
East Side Park	TX	Ector	park	315127N 1022204W		USGS
East Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314428N 1024557W		USGS
East Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315529N 1024143W		USGS
East Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320128N 1023304W		USGS
Ector County	TX	Ector	civil	315200N 1023300W		USGS
Ector High School	TX	Ector	school	314953N 1022213W		USGS
Ector Tank	TX	Ector	reservoir	314756N 1024609W		USGS
Embar Lake	TX	Ector	lake	320003N 1023559W		USGS
Embar Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	320417N 1023759W		USGS
Fannin School	TX	Ector	school	315024N 1022302W		USGS
Farm Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314714N 1021827W		USGS
Five Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315513N 1021721W		USGS
Five Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320508N 1023853W		USGS
Flagg Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	320218N 1024713W		USGS
Floyd Gwin Park	TX	Ector	park	315038N 1022336W		USGS
Foster Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315125N 1022624W		USGS
Four Section Well	TX	Ector	well	315222N 1023015W		USGS
Four Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315814N 1022013W		USGS
Gardendale	TX	Ector	pop place	320113N 1022247W		USGS
Germany Wells	TX	Ector	well	314052N 1023215W		USGS
Giffon Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320021N 1023303W		USGS
Goldsmith	TX	Ector	pop place	315850N 1023653W		USGS
Goldsmith Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315753N 1023946W		USGS
Goldsmith Plant	TX	Ector	other	315854N 1023803W		USGS
Goliad School	TX	Ector	school	315342N 1022250W		USGS
Gonzales School	TX	Ector	school	315209N 1022007W		USGS
Great Oil Basin Shopping Center	TX	Ector	locale	315137N 1022109W		USGS
Green Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320113N 1024431W		USGS
Greenfield Acres Church	TX	Ector	church	315422N 1022450W		USGS
Gulf Camp Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315759N 1023612W		USGS
Hammett Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314852N 1022233W		USGS
Harper Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314823N 1023345W		USGS
Harrisdale Church	TX	Ector	church	315146N 1022444W		USGS
Hays School	TX	Ector	school	315013N 1022038W		USGS
Headlee Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315251N 1021824W		USGS
Henderson Heights Church	TX	Ector	church	315028N 1022456W		USGS
Henderson Jog Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314552N 1022700W		USGS
Henderson Park	TX	Ector	park	315218N 1022302W		USGS
Henderson Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314453N 1022753W		USGS
Hendricks Windmills	TX	Ector	locale	315007N 1021835W		USGS
Holy Redeemer Church	TX	Ector	church	315142N 1022426W		USGS
Home Pasture Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314427N 1022349W		USGS
Homestead Tank	TX	Ector	reservoir	314824N 1024559W		USGS
Hood Junior High School	TX	Ector	school	315255N 1022232W		USGS
Hunter Well	TX	Ector	well	320032N 1022005W		USGS
Ireland School	TX	Ector	school	315330N 1022144W		USGS
James Lake	TX	Ector	lake	315919N 1023129W		USGS
Jim Bayou	TX	Ector	stream	325222N 0940722W		USGS
Johnson Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315342N 1023017W		USGS
Judkins	TX	Ector	pop place	314303N 1023756W	Located 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)	TX	Ector	tower	314914N 1022542W		USGS
KENT-FM (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	315350N 1023357W		USGS
KGEE-FM (Monahans)	TX	Ector	tower	314540N 1023128W		USGS
KKKK-FM (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	315050N 1022715W		USGS
KMGP-FM (Monahans)	TX	Ector	tower	315755N 1024610W		USGS
KMLM-TV (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	320253N 1021744W		USGS
KMRK-FM (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	314612N 1023226W		USGS
KNDA-AM (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	314809N 1022257W		USGS
KOCV-FM (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	315157N 1022257W		USGS
KOCV-FM (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	315130N 1022300W		USGS
KOCV-TV (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	315159N 1022250W		USGS
KODM-FM (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	313934N 1021738W		USGS
KOSA-TV (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	315150N 1023441W		USGS
KOYL-AM (Odessa)	TX	Ector	tower	315234N 1022419W		USGS
King Lake	TX	Ector	lake	314503N 1024146W		USGS
LaFiesta Park	TX	Ector	park	315022N 1022113W		USGS
Lammar School	TX	Ector	school	315115N 1022138W		USGS
Lawson Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315248N 1023755W		USGS
McElroy Trap Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314448N 1022057W		USGS
McKinney Park	TX	Ector	park	314929N 1022152W		USGS
McKinney Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315419N 1021805W		USGS
Menard Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315020N 1021718W		USGS
Mesco Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315139N 1021911W		USGS
Metz	TX	Ector	pop place	314212N 1023924W	Located 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 Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314210N 1023944W		USGS
Mexican Well	TX	Ector	well	315453N 1022842W		USGS
Middle Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314008N 1024004W		USGS
Milam School	TX	Ector	school	315027N 1022108W		USGS
Moose Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314210N 1021737W		USGS
Moss Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314551N 1023526W		USGS
Moss Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	314827N 1022431W		USGS
Mowing Machine Lake	TX	Ector	lake	315846N 1023021W		USGS
Muskingum Draw	TX	Ector	valley	314925N 1022120W		USGS
Nester Well	TX	Ector	well	314210N 1023006W		USGS
New Well	TX	Ector	well	314120N 1023533W		USGS
New Well	TX	Ector	well	315335N 1022716W		USGS
New Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315951N 1023626W		USGS
New Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320358N 1022218W		USGS
North Burkett Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315607N 1023054W		USGS
North Clyde Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315749N 1023504W		USGS
North Cowden	TX	Ector	pop place	320016N 1023045W	Located 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 Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	320452N 1023526W		USGS
North Cowden Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	320053N 1023021W		USGS
North House Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314208N 1024732W		USGS
North Johnson Well	TX	Ector	well	315605N 1022727W		USGS
North Kelly Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314234N 1022147W		USGS
North Well	TX	Ector	well	320005N 1022127W		USGS
North Whittenburg Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315804N 1021831W		USGS
North Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314815N 1022344W		USGS
Northeast Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315838N 1024107W		USGS
Northside Church	TX	Ector	church	315328N 1022316W		USGS
Northwest Lake	TX	Ector	lake	315929N 1023344W		USGS
Northwest Well	TX	Ector	well	315717N 1024448W		USGS
Northwest Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315759N 1023311W		USGS
Notrees	TX	Ector	pop place	315502N 1024519W	Located 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 Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314620N 1024312W		USGS
Number Two Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314620N 1023745W		USGS
Odessa	TX	Ector	pop place	315044N 1022202W		USGS
Odessa College	TX	Ector	school	315158N 1022251W		USGS
Odessa Country Club	TX	Ector	locale	315316N 1021720W		USGS
Odessa Meteor Crater	TX	Ector	crater	314521N 1022842W		USGS
Odessa-Schlemeyer Field	TX	Ector	airport	315514N 1022313W		USGS
Old Buchanan Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	315007N 1023518W		USGS
Old Burkett Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315439N 1023205W		USGS
Old Johnson Well	TX	Ector	well	315027N 1023436W		USGS
Old South Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315403N 1024115W		USGS
Pacifie Road Church	TX	Ector	church	315040N 1022433W		USGS
Pear Tree Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315649N 1021846W		USGS
Pease School	TX	Ector	school	315116N 1022411W		USGS
Penwell	TX	Ector	pop place	314423N 1023528W		USGS
Penwell Church	TX	Ector	church	314325N 1023557W		USGS
Permian High School	TX	Ector	school	315313N 1022126W		USGS
Plover Lake	TX	Ector	lake	315742N 1023245W		USGS
Polyantha Park	TX	Ector	park	315223N 1022231W		USGS
Prairie Dog Lake	TX	Ector	lake	315737N 1023208W		USGS
Prairie Dog Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314204N 1022610W		USGS
Prairie Home	TX	Ector	vanished community	unknown	Was 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 Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	313939N 1024428W		USGS
Progressive Park	TX	Ector	park	315107N 1022155W		USGS
Ratliff Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315753N 1022204W		USGS
Ratliff Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	315719N 1022109W		USGS
Reagen School	TX	Ector	school	315216N 1022051W		USGS
Red Lakes	TX	Ector	lake	314723N 1024105W		USGS
Red Tank	TX	Ector	reservoir	315129N 1024421W		USGS
Registered Pasture Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315419N 1023546W		USGS
Rich Uncle Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320107N 1023700W		USGS
Rock Hill Shopping Center	TX	Ector	locale	315130N 1022131W		USGS
Rodman Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	314351N 1022300W		USGS
Ross School	TX	Ector	school	315334N 1022217W		USGS
Royalty Park	TX	Ector	park	315124N 1022051W		USGS
Rusk School	TX	Ector	school	315016N 1022203W		USGS
Saint Asbury Church	TX	Ector	church	315241N 1022016W		USGS
Saint Johns Church	TX	Ector	church	315017N 1022318W		USGS
Saint Lukes Church	TX	Ector	church	315315N 1022150W		USGS
San Houston School	TX	Ector	school	315240N 1022247W		USGS
San Jacino Park	TX	Ector	park	315126N 1022334W		USGS
San Jacinto School	TX	Ector	school	315123N 1022325W		USGS
Sand Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314429N 1024549W		USGS
Scharbauer City	TX	Ector	pop place	320125N 1022548W	Located 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 Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	313925N 1021853W		USGS
Sherwood Park	TX	Ector	park	315328N 1022224W		USGS
Sherwood Shopping Center	TX	Ector	locale	315310N 1022217W		USGS
Shipping Pasture Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314904N 1022109W		USGS
Sid Richardson	TX	Ector	locale	314636N 1022948W		USGS
Simms Tank	TX	Ector	reservoir	313946N 1022721W		USGS
Simms Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314045N 1022731W		USGS
Six Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315243N 1023607W		USGS
Six Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320335N 1024008W		USGS
Slator Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	315610N 1024309W		USGS
Smith Chapel	TX	Ector	vanished community	unknown	Was 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
Solo	TX	Ector	locale	315248N 1021750W		USGS
South Burkett Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315319N 1023103W		USGS
South Cowden Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314437N 1022555W		USGS
South Cowden Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314603N 1022414W		USGS
South Cowden Ranch	TX	Ector	locale	314208N 1021833W		USGS
South Kelly Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314221N 1022150W		USGS
South Side Community Park	TX	Ector	park	315000N 1022158W		USGS
South Well	TX	Ector	well	315611N 1022151W		USGS
South Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314722N 1022327W		USGS
South Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320034N 1023436W		USGS
South Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315728N 1022753W		USGS
South Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315957N 1024158W		USGS
Southeast Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315602N 1021948W		USGS
Southwest Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315415N 1024302W		USGS
Steel Rim Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314523N 1023906W		USGS
Steel Tower Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320423N 1022553W		USGS
Sunset Memorial Gardens	TX	Ector	cemetery	315308N 1021752W		USGS
Sweetwater Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314013N 1022848W		USGS
T X L Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	315439N 1024431W		USGS
Terry Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320229N 1024409W		USGS
Three Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320347N 1023900W		USGS
Town And Country Shopping Center	TX	Ector	locale	315234N 1022055W		USGS
Travis School	TX	Ector	school	314953N 1022133W		USGS
Turnbaugh Corner	TX	Ector	pop place	315847N 1024056W		USGS
Ward Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320252N 1022856W		USGS
West Buchanan Well	TX	Ector	well	315007N 1023703W		USGS
West Burkett Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315307N 1023308W		USGS
West Eight Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314342N 1021912W		USGS
West Nine Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314547N 1022012W		USGS
West Park Church	TX	Ector	church	315055N 1022355W		USGS
West Pasture Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314750N 1022216W		USGS
West Section Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315658N 1021943W		USGS
West Williams Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314036N 1021753W		USGS
West Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	313942N 1022017W		USGS
West Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	314252N 1022411W		USGS
West Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315521N 1024301W		USGS
West Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315737N 1023341W		USGS
West Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	315925N 1022827W		USGS
West Windmill	TX	Ector	locale	320037N 1021837W		USGS
Westridge Church	TX	Ector	church	315046N 1022846W		USGS
White Horse Tank	TX	Ector	reservoir	315021N 1024644W		USGS
Willow Well	TX	Ector	well	315602N 1022917W		USGS
Willow Well	TX	Ector	well	320006N 1021759W		USGS
Windmill Number Eight	TX	Ector	locale	320401N 1022023W		USGS
Windmill Number Nine	TX	Ector	locale	320326N 1022342W		USGS
Windmill Number Seven	TX	Ector	locale	320418N 1021810W		USGS
Windmill Number Sixtyeight	TX	Ector	locale	320251N 1022146W		USGS
Windmill Number Twelve	TX	Ector	locale	320408N 1022748W		USGS
Windmill Number Twentythree	TX	Ector	locale	320159N 1022647W		USGS
Wolford Well	TX	Ector	well	315306N 1022733W		USGS
Woodson Park	TX	Ector	park	315035N 1022100W		USGS
Yarbrough Allen Oil Field	TX	Ector	oilfield	314051N 1024419W		USGS
Zavala School	TX	Ector	school	314953N 1022239W	......................................................................................	USGS.............................................................

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