Dumas, Texas Dumas, Texas City of Dumas Location of Dumas, Texas Location of Dumas, Texas Dumas (/ dju m s/ dew-mus) is a town/city in Moore County, Texas, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Moore County. Located approximately fifty miles north of Amarillo, the town/city is titled for its founder, Louis Dumas (1856 1923).
Dumas Avenue, the chief thoroughfare, is also United States Highways 287 and 87.
Window on the Plains Museum, which offers exhibits on Moore County and the Texas Panhandle, is positioned on South Dumas Avenue, the chief thoroughfare.
Dumas is home to Moore County Airport, a general aviation airport 2 miles west of the central company district. The Dumas government claims, with some documentation, that the song "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas" was written about the city. Composed in the late 1920s by Phil Baxter (a native Texan who lived for a time in Dumas) and Carl Moore, the song has also sometimes been claimed by Dumas in Desha County in southeastern Arkansas.
Dumas is positioned at 35 51 45 N 101 58 1 W (35.862478, -101.966931).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.52 square miles (14.3 km2), of which, 5.5 square miles (14 km2) of it is territory and 0.019 square miles (0.049 km2) of it (0.34%) is water. The City of Dumas describes its government as a Commission-Manager Government with a mayor and four commissioners all propel from the town/city at-large, and a town/city manager appointed by the commission to serve as the administrative manager of the city. Main article: Dumas Independent School District Dumas Independent School precinct serves the metros/cities of Dumas and Cactus.
Dumas High School (Dumas, Grades 9-12) Dumas Junior High School (Dumas, Grades 7-8) Dumas Intermediate School (Dumas, Grades 5-6) Dumas Intermediate School (Dumas) Green Acres Elementary School (Dumas) Hillcrest Elementary School (Dumas) Morningside Elementary School (Dumas) Sunset Elementary School (Dumas) The North Plains Opportunity Center (Op-Center) is an alternative school positioned inside the Dumas Independent School District.
Soon after high school, he moved to Dallas from Dumas and joined a soul cover band in 1966, initially called The New Breed, and later The Young Lads.
Louis Dumas (1856 1923), the founder of Dumas, ca.
Dumas Visitor Center and Chamber of Commerce office on United States Highway 287 south Dumas Junior High School, 2013 Dumas High School, 2013 Moore County Courthouse, Dumas, 2013 According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Dumas has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. Dumas, Texas - Code of Ordinances Climate Summary for Dumas, Texas City of Dumas
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