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TWICHELL, TEXAS
aka Twitchell, Texas


Ochiltree County, Texas Panhandle

State Highway 15
5 Miles E of Perryton the county seat
11 miles W of Booker
Population: 22 (1990)

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Twitchell Tx - Flag by Twichell Sign
Patriotic Twichell
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2009

History on a Pinhead

Founded as a stop on the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway in 1919, the town was named after the president of the railroad - Ginery Twichell.

Twichell, Texas bears an uncanny resemblance to Bee County’s town of Tynan.


Photographer's Note:
Seven minutes west of Booker and six minutes east of Perryton on TX 15. I suppose Twichell is closer to a town than a ghost town. It has commerce, a few houses and a road sign. - Barclay Gibson, July 09, 2010


Twitchell Tx - Grain Elevator
Grain elevators in Twichell
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2009
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Ochiltree County Texas 1920s map
1920s Ochiltree County map showing Twichell as Twitchell
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office



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