Bledsoe, Texas
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Bledsoe is a town in western Cochran County, Texas, located near the New Mexico border. It is about 68 miles west of Lubbock, Texas. As of the 1990 US Census, the town had a population of 125.
Bledsoe was founded in 1925 as the terminus of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railroad, and named for Samuel T. Bledsoe, the line's president.[1][2] The town gained its original prosperity through its function as a cattle-shipping station, and reached its greatest population of 400 in 1930.
[edit] References
- ^ Bledsoe, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Bledsoe, Texas. TexasEscapes.com (2006-08-31). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
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