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Goodland, Bailey County, Texas
Goodland is an unincorporated community in Bailey County, Texas, Bailey County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 10 in 2000. History Goodland was founded in 1924 when the McKeloey brothers moved to the area from Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth and sold their ranch. It was given the name Goodland because of the high hopes of local settlers. The community thrived as a ranching community but continued to thrive when farmers started growing sunflowers, wheat, sorghum, grain, and cotton. It had three stores and 50 residents in 1940. It grew to 65 in 1980 and gained a post office, a store, a cotton gin, and a grain elevator. The population went down to 25 in 1990 and continued to shrink to 10 in 2000 and remained there in 2010. Geography Goodland is located on Farm-to-Market Road 54, southwest of Muleshoe, Texas, Muleshoe, west of Enochs, Texas, Enochs, west of Littlefield, Texas, Littlefield, and northwest of Lubbock, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only one level of local government immediately beneath state and territorial governments. A local government area (LGA) often contains several towns and even entire metropolitan areas. Thus, aside from very sparsely populated areas and a few other special cases, almost all of Australia is part of an LGA. Uninc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
