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Location of Lamesa, Texas Location of Lamesa, Texas Lamesa (/l mi s / l -mee-s ) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Dawson County, Texas, United States. The populace was 9,422 at the 2010 census, down from 9,952 at the 2000 census.
Located south of Lubbock on the Llano Estacado, Lamesa was established in 1903.
Smith prison unit, titled for the former governor of Texas, is positioned just outside Lamesa. Lamesa is positioned in the center of Dawson County at 32 44 4 N 101 57 29 W (32.734439, -101.958190). U.S.
Highway 87 (Lynn Avenue) passes through the easterly side of the city, dominant north 61 miles (98 km) to Lubbock and southeast 44 miles (71 km) to Big Spring.
Texas State Highway 137 passes through the town/city as Bryan Avenue and leads northwest 38 miles (61 km) to Brownfield and south 45 miles (72 km) to Stanton.
Texas State Highway 349 chapters off Highway 137 south of Lamesa and leads southwest 55 miles (89 km) to Midland.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.0 square miles (13.0 km2), of which 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2), or 0.62%, is water. The Dal Paso Museum, a compilation of small-town artifacts homed in an impressive former hotel, is positioned in downtown Lamesa.
The name is derived from the fact that Lamesa is positioned on the table territory of the Staked Plains.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $27,362, and the median income for a family was $31,556.
Lamesa is served by the Lamesa Independent School District, which includes Lamesa High School and Lamesa Middle School, whose school mascots are the Golden Tornadoes and the Whirlwinds, in the order given.
A branch of Howard College, a improve college in Big Spring, is positioned in Lamesa.
During the last weekend of April, Lamesa hosts the annual Chicken-fried Steak Cook-off.
Lamesa's Sky-Vue Drive-In Theater at 3015 South Dallas Avenue, established in 1948, became a well-known county-wide fixture.
Additionally, "Hot Rod Mercury", track #2 from the album, sings about life in Lamesa.
Lamesa also has an indoor movie theater, Movieland, which has two screens.
The Wall is an edifice on which graduating seniors of Lamesa High School spray-paint their names onto the wall until next year's class adds its own graffiti on top.
The town/city is served by a biweekly newspaper, The Lamesa Press Reporter, which charges $.75 per issue, and by small-town and region airways broadcasts KPET (AM 690), KBKN (FM), KTXC (FM), and KJJT (FM).
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Lamesa has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The town is known for blistering summers (frequently topping 100 F (38 C)) and cold winter evenings (where the temperature goes below freezing on an average of 91 evenings).
The average annual temperature is 61.4 F (16.3 C), making it the ninth coldest place in Texas after metros/cities such as Amarillo and Lubbock.
Lamesa averages 17.6 inches (45 cm) of precipitation and 4 inches (10 cm) of snow annually.
Lamesa City Hall Entrance to Dal Paseo Museum in Lamesa, positioned in a former hotel Lamesa ground of Howard College, a improve college based in Big Spring The Sky-Vue Drive-in Theater in Lamesa directed from 1948 until its concession stand burned in November 2015 and the facility closed for further business.
No longer in use, the Tower Theater is positioned in downtown Lamesa athwart from the Dawson County Courthouse.
Texas State Historical Association.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lamesa city, Texas".
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Retrieved on 2007-11-08 Texas Transportation Commission, Texas State Travel Guide, 2007, p.
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Municipalities and communities of Dawson County, Texas, United States
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