Denver City, Texas "Denver City"
Denver City, Texas Denver City, Texas Denver City, Texas Location of Denver City, Texas Location of Denver City, Texas State Texas Denver City is a town positioned partly in Gaines County, but mostly in Yoakum County in the far portion of the U.S.
State of Texas, just a short distance from the New Mexico boundary.
The town is positioned at the intersection of Texas State Highways 214 and 83.
Oil and ranching remain meaningful to Denver City.
On May 11, 2013, voters in both Denver City and Yoakum County, as well as Crosby County, also in West Texas, all previously under local-option prohibition laws, allowed the sale of liquor. Denver City is positioned at 32 58 07 N 102 49 52 W (32.968580, 102.831218). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), all of it land.
Of the 1,366 homeholds, 44.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 19.3% were not families.
In the town, the populace was distributed as 31.4% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 18.2% of families and 19.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 21.7% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.
Climate data for Denver City, Texas (1981 2010) Paul Leon Gooch (1928 2013), former alderman and mayor of Denver City, directed Dairy Mart and Broadway Superette, native of Muskogee, Oklahoma, member of Church of Christ, interred at Denver City Memorial Park Cemetery (September 11, 1925 September 7, 2008), a businessman, served as mayor of Denver City from June 1978 April 1979.
Elected to the town/city council in April 1975, he became mayor upon the resignation of Dan Harris.
He served on the first Denver City zoning board and worked to gain approval of the Connor and Santa Fe housing additions.
Born in Brownfield in Terry County, Self was an Eagle Scout, a graduate of Brownfield High School and Texas Tech University, and served in the United States Army amid World War II.
Services were held in the Denver City Church of Christ.
Interment was at Denver City Memorial Park. Woodson Wade Lindsey, Freida Lonette Lindsey: The Lindsey family was an integral part of Denver City as proprietors of Lindsey Hardware for over 50 years, until the retirement of Woodson Lindsey in 1996.
The town/city park has an region of four square blocks.
Welcome sign in Denver City A windmill adjoining to the United States flag greets visitors to Denver City at State Highways 214 and 83.
Oil wells pump throughout Denver City Denver City Press journal office Denver City downtown Another view of downtown Denver City Texas flag map.svg Texas portal Texas Historical Commission marker, State Highway 114, 1981 United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Handbook of Texas Online: Denver City, Texas Municipalities and communities of Gaines County, Texas, United States Municipalities and communities of Yoakum County, Texas, United States
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Towns in Gaines County, Texas - Towns in Yoakum County, Texas - Towns in Texas
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