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KELLERVILLE, TEXAS

Wheeler County, Texas Panhandle

Intersection of FM 1443 and 2473
Near Gray County line
SW of Wheeler the county seat
NW of Shamrock
Population: 15 Est. (2010) 50 Est. (2000, 1990)

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History in a Pecan Shell

By Clint Skinner

Located near the Wheeler County's western border at the intersection of Farm Road 1443 and 2473, the town of Kellerville has an estimated population of fifteen and remains unincorporated.

Its history began during the latter part of the 1920s when oil was discovered near Shamrock, a town seventeen miles south of Wheeler. Kellerville opened a post office under the supervision of Mrs. Frankie Buford in 1935. A school with six teachers was later established. By 1940, the town had three churches, three businesses, and a population of 150. The citizens of Kellerville showed determination after the town's Baptist church burned down in January 1949. After only seven months, the people managed to build a new one. Unfortunately, an economic recession struck hard and population decreased.
By 1984 the town had a post office, store, church, gas station and a population of 107. The population was whittled down to fifty in 1990 and remained the same at the turn of the century.


© Clint Skinner
September 2020

Sources:
Texasalmanac.com
Tshaonline.org


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Wheeler County Towns

County Seat - Wheeler
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  • Allison
  • Briscoe
  • Fort Illiott
  • Lela
  • Mobeetie ghost town, first county seat
  • Ramsdell ghost town
  • Shamrock
  • Twitty
  • Wheeler County seat
  • Contiguous Counties:
    Hemphill County (N) Roger Mills County, Oklahoma (NE) Beckham County, Oklahoma (E) Collingsworth County (S) Gray County (W) Donley County (SW) Roberts County (NW)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


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