Vega, Texas Vega, Texas Location of Vega, Texas Location of Vega, Texas Downtown Vega, with courthouse to the right and City Hall to the left Vega is a town/city and governmental center of county of Oldham County, Texas, United States.
On October 17, 1899, he purchased an region of Oldham County known as 'Section 90' for $1.00 per acre. In 1903, Whitfield sold a 100-foot strip of territory that extended athwart the southern part of Oldham County to the Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Texas (later Rock Island) Railroad as a right-of-way. He then sold portions of territory on the south side of the right-of-way to other settlers.
Miller and Howard Trigg surveyed the town site that eventually became Vega in May 1903. The name Vega, which is Spanish for "meadow," was chosen because it reflected the vast prairie and encircling countryside of the area. Soon after, Miller opened a store, and a postal service, saloon, and a school that doubled as a Masonic Lodge were assembled in the community.
Working in association with the Amarillo-based Pool Land Company, the Landergin brothers brought more prospective pioneer to the community. The following year, they established a bank in Vega.
The close-by town of Tascosa, which was designated Oldham County seat in 1880, declined in both importance and populace as Vega grew.
A five-year battle over which improve should serve as Oldham County's seat of government was put to a vote in 1915. In the special election, people chose to move the governmental center of county from Tascosa to Vega.
Until a permanent courthouse was built, county company was conducted in Vega's Oldham Hotel. In 1926, Route 66 (superseded by Interstate 40) was commissioned as a link from Chicago to Los Angeles and ran through Vega along the Old Ozark Trail. The arrival of Route 66 provided an economic boost for the community.
Vega was officially incorporated in 1927, and the populace was 519 in the 1930 census.
By 1980, over one-third of the populace of Oldham County resided in Vega.
Vega is positioned at 35 14 44 N 102 25 30 W (35.245547, -102.425112). It is situated at the junction of Interstate 40 (Old Route 66) and U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all of it land.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Vega has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
Public education in the town/city of Vega is provided by the Vega Independent School District.
The ground is split into two schools Vega Elementary School (grades K-6) and Vega High School (grades 7-12).
In addition, students in grades 7-12 from the neighboring Wildorado Independent School District in Wildorado attend Vega High School unless their parents choose another of Wildorado's neighboring districts. a b "Vega, TX".
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