Florey is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Andrews County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
.
According to the
Handbook of Texas
The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
, the community had a population of 25 in 2000. It is located within the
Andrews, Texas
Andrews is the county seat of Andrews County, Texas, Andrews County in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Andrews sits to the far southwest within the Texas Panhandle's plains, about 30 miles east of New Mexico.
Andrews was incorporated on Februar ...
micropolitan area.
Geography
Florey stands along
U.S. Highway 385
U.S. Route 385 (US 385) is a spur of U.S. Route 85 that runs for 1,206 miles (1,941 km) from Deadwood, South Dakota to Big Bend National Park in Texas.
Route description
, -
, TX
, 545
, 877
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, OK
, 36
, 58
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, CO
, 317
, 51 ...
, north of
Andrews Andrews may refer to:
Places Australia
*Andrews, Queensland
*Andrews, South Australia
United States
*Andrews, Florida (disambiguation), various places
*Andrews, Indiana
*Andrews, Nebraska
*Andrews, North Carolina
*Andrews, Oregon
*Andrews, South ...
in the northwestern portion of
Andrews County.
Education
Florey's first school was established in 1909 and it was absorbed into the
Andrews Independent School District
Andrews Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Andrews, Texas, United States. Andrews ISD, which serves all of the city of Andrews and all of Andrews County, is served by the Educational Service Center Region 18.
S ...
on December 15, 1938.
The community is still currently served by the Andrews ISD to this day since the whole county is one whole school district.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Andrews County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas