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Pep, Texas
Pep is an unincorporated community in northwestern Hockley County, Texas, United States, situated along Farm to Market Road 303. It is located on the high plains of the Llano Estacado just to the west of the historic Yellow House Ranch. Pep has a post office with the ZIP code 79353. Education Public education in the community of Pep is provided by thMorton Independent School District The Pep Independent School District consolidated with neighboring Whiteface in August 1978. – Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved September 19, 2009. Sometime in the 1990s Morton ISD took over the operation of the school and made it an accelerated al ... [...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] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counties In Texas
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 County (United States), counties, more than any other U.S. state. Over 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Texas Triangle, Houston-Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, serving about 20,000,000 people, the majority of the state's population. Texas was originally divided into Municipalities of Mexico, municipalities (''municipios'' in Spanish language, Spanish), a unit of local government under Spain, Spanish and Mexico, Mexican rule. When the Republic of Texas gained its independence in 1836, the 23 municipalities became the original Texas counties. Many of these were later divided into new counties. The last county to be initially created was Kenedy County, Texas, Kenedy County in 1921, but Loving County, Texas, Loving County is the newest organized county; it was first organized in 1893 in an apparent scheme to defraud, abolished in 1897, then reorganized in 1931. Most of these recent counties, especially near the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockley County, Texas
Hockley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 21,537. Its county seat is Levelland. The county was created in 1876, but not organized until 1921. It is named for George Washington Hockley, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas. Hockley County comprises the Levelland Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Lubbock–Levelland Combined Statistical Area. History Hockley County was formed in 1876 from portions of Bexar and Young Counties. It was named for George Washington Hockley, the commander of artillery in the Battle of San Jacinto and later Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.02%) is covered by water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 62/U.S. Highway 82 * U.S. Highway 84 * U.S. Highway 385 * State Highway 114 Adjacent counties * Lamb County (north) * Lubbock County (east) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llano Estacado
The Llano Estacado (), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the North American continent, the elevation rises from in the southeast to over in the northwest, sloping almost uniformly at about . Naming The Spanish name is often interpreted as meaning "Staked Plains", although "stockaded" or "palisaded plains" have also been proposed, in which case the name would derive from the steep escarpments on the eastern, northern, and western periphery of the plains. Leatherwood writes that Francisco Coronado and other European explorers described the Mescalero Ridge on the western boundary as resembling "palisades, ramparts, or stockades" of a fort, but does not present the original Spanish. In ''Beyond the Mississippi'' (1867), Albert D. Richardson, who traversed the region from east to west in October 1859, wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). During summer, most of the zone uses daylight saving time (DST), and changes to Central Daylight Time (CDT) which is five hours behind UTC. The largest city in the Central Time Zone is Mexico City; the Mexico City metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the zone and in North America. Regions using (North American) Central Time Canada The province of Manitoba is the only province or territory in Canada that observes Central Time in all areas. The following Canadian provinces and territories observe Central Time in the areas noted, while their other areas observe Eastern Time: * Nunavut (territory): western areas (most of Kivalliq Region and part of Qikiqtaaluk Region) * Ontario (province): a port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 806
Area code 806 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Texas in the Panhandle and South Plains, including the cities of Amarillo and Lubbock. It was created in 1957 in a flash-cut from numbering plan area (NPA) 915, the north-western corner of the state, but also incorporated a small portion of the region of area code 817 to the east.Carl Mooremessage Telecom Digest mailing list and newsgroup ews://comp.dcom.telecom comp.dcom.telecom/ref> Prior to October 2021, area code 806 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021. Service area Counties: :Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
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 List of uninhabited regions, uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local government in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteface, Texas
Whiteface is a town in Cochran County, Texas, United States. The population was 449 at the 2010 census. History According to the '' Handbook of Texas'', "The name of the town came from rancher C. C. Slaughter's Whiteface Camp and Whiteface Pasture, which were named in turn for the cattle on his ranch." By 1924, Slaughter's son-in-law, Ira P. DeLoache, turned the ranch into the new community of Whiteface. The community was moved several miles the next year to be at the railroad. Oil was discovered near the town in 1937. It was incorporated in 1945. Geography Whiteface is located on the high plains of the Llano Estacado at (33.6000974, –102.6138084). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Whiteface is located on State Highway 114, west of Lubbock and southeast of Morton, the Cochran County seat. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 375 people, 133 households, and 98 families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District
Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in Whiteface, Texas (USA).Located in Cochran County, the district extends into small portions of Hockley and Lamb counties. It also serves Bledsoe. History The Hockley County Commissioners Court established two school districts in Cochran County, School District No. 3 and School District No. 5, on April 5, 1921. No. 5 became the Lehman/Whiteface School District. In 1925 a rancher, J. C. Whaley, built a one-room schoolhouse that was Whiteface's first school. The school opened in September 1925. During that year the Lehman/Whiteface district voted in favor of a $60,000 bond that would build a brick school building, each valued at $30,000, in all of the communities served by the district. G. S. Glenn of Littlefield served as the architect and Miller & Rogers of Levelland won the bid for construction of the Whiteface School, which opened in September 1926 for elementary school students. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bula, Texas
Bula ( ) is an unincorporated community in Bailey County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 35 in 2000. History The community of Bula was established in 1924 and was originally given the name Newsome for W.B. Newsome. He and his brother, Tom, sold their ranch and divided it into of farms in 1924-25. Due to a conflict with another Texas post office with the same name, the name was changed to Bula in 1925. It was given this name in honor of either Bula Maude Oakes, who was a daughter of Methodist preacher Roma A. Oakes, or Bula Thorn, who was the wife of the community's first postmaster, William H. Thorn. Bula had a cotton gin in 1929 but never grew significantly. By 1980, the population had risen to only 105, then dropped to 35 in 2000. Although it is unincorporated, Bula has a post office, with the ZIP code of 79324. Geography Bula is located on the level plains of the Llano Estacado in the southeast corner of Bailey C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
