Bledsoe, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

Bledsoe, Texas

Unincorporated community

Bledsoe

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Bledsoe (the United States)

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Coordinates: 33°37′09″N 103°01′17″W﻿ / ﻿33.61917°N 103.02139°W﻿ / 33.61917; -103.02139
Country| United States
State| Texas
County| Cochran
Population

(1990 est.)

• Total| 125
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes|

79314

Area code| 806
FIPS code| 48-08644

Bledsoe is an unincorporated community in western Cochran County, Texas, United States, located near the New Mexico border. It is approximately 68 miles west of Lubbock. As of the 1990 US Census, the town had a population of 125.

## History[edit]

Bledsoe was founded in 1925 as the terminus of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, and named for Samuel T. Bledsoe, the line's president.[1][2] The town gained its original prosperity through its function as a cattle-shipping station, and reached its greatest population of 400 in 1930. The Great Depression had dire effect on the community and throughout the remainder of the 20th century the population continued to dwindle; the last recorded figure put the 1990 population at 125.

## Education[edit]

It is within the Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District. The former Bledsoe Independent School District merged into Whiteface CISD on July 1, 1996.[3]

## See also[edit]

* KZJW-LD

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bledsoe, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Retrieved 2008-05-19.
2. ^ "Bledsoe, Texas". TexasEscapes.com. August 31, 2006. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
3. ^ "CONSOLIDATIONS, ANNEXATIONS AND NAME CHANGES FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. September 10, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2019.

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