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City of Levelland |
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Courthouse Square, SH 114, Levelland,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
33° 35' 39.83663000004",
-102° 22' 2.5964000004"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Surveyed and platted in 1912 as Hockley City by cereal magnate C. W. Post. Although only a barren townsite, place won race for county seat in 1921. The first meeting of county officers was held at future courthouse site-- in a Cadillac automobile. Soon city square boasted a temporary courthouse (16 by 32 feet), a well, and a community black-eyed pea patch. When a post office opened, in 1922, city was renamed Levelland, for its topography. Prosperity arrived with the coming of the railroad in 1925 and discovery of oil in the county in 1937. 1972
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
City of Levelland Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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