Dougherty (formerly Doughtery) is a small
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 ...
in
Floyd County,
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 2 ...
, United States.
History
Dougherty was established in 1928 and named for Francis M. Dougherty.
[ A school was built in 1929.][
]
Geography
Dougherty is located on the high plains of the 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 A ...
in West Texas
West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio.
No consensus exists on the boundary betwee ...
. It lies at an elevation of .[
]
Education
It is within the Floydada Independent School District
Floydada Independent School District is a public school district based in Floydada, Texas, United States. In addition to Floydada, it serves Dougherty.
Since fall 2004, Floydada Junior High School has participated as an "immersion campus" in thT ...
. The Dougherty Independent School District Dougherty may refer to:
Schools
*Dougherty Elementary School
*Dougherty Valley High School
Places
;In the United States:
* Dougherty, California
* Dougherty, Georgia
* Dougherty, Iowa
*Dougherty, Oklahoma
Dougherty is a town in Murray County, Ok ...
consolidated into the former on July 1, 1987.
See also
*Becton, Texas
Becton is an unincorporated community in northeast Lubbock County, about northeast of Lubbock, Texas. This small rural community lies on the high plains of the Llano Estacado in West Texas.
Becton began as a ranching community and was original ...
*Estacado, Texas
Estacado is a ghost town in Crosby and Lubbock Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Located along Farm to Market Road 1527, it was established in 1879 as a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) colony by Paris Cox and originally named Maryetta aft ...
*Heckville, Texas
Heckville is an unincorporated community located on the high plains of the Llano Estacado about northeast of Lubbock or north of Idalou in northeastern Lubbock County, Texas. This small town was named after Henry Heck, who built a cotton gin t ...
*Blanco Canyon
Blanco Canyon is a canyon located in the U.S. state of Texas. Eroded by the White River into the Caprock Escarpment on the east side of the Llano Estacado, the canyon runs for in a southeasterly direction, gradually widening from its beginning ...
*Mount Blanco
Mount Blanco is a small white hill — an erosional remnant — located on the eastern border of the Llano Estacado within Blanco Canyon in Crosby County, Texas. With Blanco Canyon, it is the type locality of the Blanco Formation of Texas and Kans ...
*White River (Texas)
The White River is an intermittent stream in the South Plains of Texas and a tributary of the Brazos River of the United States. It rises west of Floydada in southwestern Floyd County at the confluence of Callahan and Runningwater Draws. From ...
References
External links
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Public domain photos of West Texas and the Llano Estacado
Unincorporated communities in Floyd County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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