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LEA COUNTY PLACENAMES
SPECIAL THANKS to Ginger Byrum for this information:
Those with post offices and dates:
Beauty - 1916 - 1921
Bennett (aka Bennettville)- 1940-1957
Caprock - 1913 - closed in the 1990's I believe
Causey - had post office, one of the first probably from 1884 to abt 1896,
probably never sanctioned by the Fed Gov though
Cooper - 1915-1938
Crossroads - 1923 - now
Eunice - 9 Jun 1909 - now
Gladiola - 1912-1919, 1920-1923, 1929-1957
Henry - 1909-1912
Hobbs - 26 Jan 1910- now
Humble City - 1930-1976
Jal - 6 Jul 1910 - now
Jenkins - 1910-1927
King - 1909 - 1918
Knowles (aka Oasis) - 1903 - 1944
Lea (aka Skeen) - 1929 - 1931
Lovington - 12 Sep 1908 - now
Maljamar - 9 Apr 1943 - now
McDonald - 1912 - a few years ago (maybe 2001)
Micho - 1921 - 1922
Monument - 19 Dec 1902
New Hobbs - 1930-1932
Ochoa - 1917 - 1940
Oil Center - 1937 - now?
Pearl - 1908-1929
Plainview (aka Rat) - 1907 - 1930
Prairieview - ?
Ranger Lake - 1908 - 1920
Roberts - 1908-1910 named changed to Nadine - 1910-1934
Scott - 1909 - 1920
Tatum - 9 Dec 1909 - now
Warren - 1912-1919, 1920-1923
Other communities that never had post offices in Lea County:
Antelope
Arkansas Junction
Bagley
Baker Flat
Blue Weed Flat
Borger
Brasher
Buckeye
Center Point
Collum
Crawford Culp Pasture (aka Longview)
Crile (aka McIntyre)
Custer Mountain
Dallas Store
East Barber
Echo
Eden Valley
Eighteen
Eighties (aka Ranch House)
Eldorado
Enterprise(aka referred to sometimes as Midway Community early on)
Ford
Harmony
Hester
High Lonesome
High Top
Hilburn City
Hi-Way
Jones City
Kimbrough
Kornegay
Lane Salt Lake
Leck
Little Baker
Lone Star
Lynch
Maypens
Mexico City
Mitchell
Muleshoe
Murphy's Chapel
Pick Handle Flat
Pitchfork (aka Slatton)
Planet
Pleasant Valley
Punkin Center
Querecho Plains
Record
Salem
San Simon
Shaw
Soldier Hill
Southview
Teague
Thornehill
Welch
White
Williams
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