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TYE, TEXAS
AKA Tebo, Texas or Hines, Texas

Taylor County, Texas Panhandle / West Texas

32°27'12"N 99°52'1"W (32.453324, -99.866993)

Highway 84, and FM 707
8 Miles W of Abilene
Just N of Dyess Air Force Base
ZIP code 79563
Area code 325
Population: 1,333 Est. (2019)
1,242 (2010) 1,158 (2000) 1,088 (1990)

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School groundTye Texas
School ground
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October, 2007

History in a Pecan Shell

The town was first named Tebo by the Texas and Pacific Railroad when it built through in 1881.

Early settlers included the John J. Hinds family who had the local school named after them. A post office was granted in 1899 and took the name of the school.

In 1901 the name was changed to Tye, after postmaster John P. Tye, who also served the community as a Methodist minister. The population was still a meager 40 in the mid 1920s and it took 20 more years for it to reach 100.

During World War II, Tye field (which was once Abilene’s airport) was constructed just south of town. For the Korean War, the field was enlarged and the runway expanded and resurfaced. It was reactivated as Abilene Air Force Base in 1956 before being renamed Dyess Air Force Base. The 1960 population was 521 in 1960, 857 in 1970, and 1,088 in 1990.

Tye  Fire Department , Tye Texas
Tye Fire Department
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October, 2007

Taylor County Towns

County Seat - Abilene
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Abilene County Seat
Bradshaw ghost town
Buffalo Gap First County seat
Caps
Elmdale ghost town
Guion ghost town
Hamby
Impact
Lawn
Merkel
Moro ghost town
Mount Pleasant ghost town
Nubia ghost town
Potosi
Ovalo
Shep ghost town
Trent
Tuscola
Tye
View
Wylie

Contiguous Counties:
Jones County (N) Shackelford County (NE) Callahan County (E) Coleman County (SE) Runnels County (S) Nolan County (W) Mitchell County (NW)


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