Bledsoe, Texas

Bledsoe, Texas

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. [Handbook of Texas|id=BB/hlb35|name=Bledsoe, Texas Retrieved 2008-05-19.] [cite web| url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/BledsoeTexas/BledsoeTexas.htm| title=Bledsoe, Texas| work=TexasEscapes.com| date=2006-08-31| accessdate=2008-05-19| ] The town gained its original prosperity through its function as a cattle-shipping station, and reached its greatest population of 400 in 1930.

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Now, Bledsoe is a dying ghost town that has yet to produce much of anything within the last few years.

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