Sipe Springs (, pronounced "seep") is an

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located in

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, in the

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. According to the

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, the community had a population of 75 in 2000.

History

Sipe Springs also had an

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and its own

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team. A

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Geography

Sipe Springs is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1477 and 587 on Sipe Springs Branch, northwest of

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in northwestern Comanche County. It is also located southwest of Stephenville and west of De Leon.

Education

Sipe Springs' first schools were built in 1873 and 1922. In 1937 they had a combined number of 152 students and six teachers, and the schools themselves were split between the Sidney and De Leon Independent School Districts in 1952. Today, the community is served by the De Leon ISD.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Comanche County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas