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    PETTIT, TEXAS

    Hockley County, Texas Panhandle
    FM 303
    12 Miles N of Llevelland

    Population: (est. 26)

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    Pettit Tx - Road Sign
    Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2009

    History on a Pinhead

    Named for rancher John Pettit who founded his ranch here (1922) on land previously owned by the famed Yellow House and Slaughter ranches.

    The town’s first store opened in the mid 1920s and later that decade a gin was opened. A post office opened its doors in 1935 and the region had its own school district from the late 20s until the mid 1960s when it merged with Llevelland schools.

    The postwar population remained below 100 and despite the founding of the Great Plains Boys Ranch in the late 1950s, the community has been in a slow decline since. In 1976 there was still a gin and a post office at Pettit. In 1980 the population was given as 26 and remained there through 1990. The town no longer appears on the state map and the 2000 population is unknown.

    Pettit High School

    Photographer's Note:
    This is the school at Pettit Texas. Pettit is in northern Hockley County. The school was active from 1928-1964, when it consolidated with Llevelland
    . - Stephen Taylor, October 08, 2008
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    Pettit High School
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    Pettit High School entrance
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    Pettit High School buildings
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    Pettit High School Auditorium
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    Pettit Tx - Store
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    1940s Hockley County Texas map
    1940s Hockley County map showing Pettit
    (Above "O" in "H-O-C-K-L-E-Y")
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