Fife, Texas

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Fife, Texas
Unincorporated Community
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Fife, Texas
Location within Texas
Coordinates: 31°23′26″N99°23′04″W / 31.39056°N 99.38444°W / 31.39056; -99.38444
CountryUnited States
State Texas
County McCulloch
Elevation
1,447 ft (441 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
76825
Area code 325
GNIS feature ID 1379764

Fife is an unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 32 in 2000 and was established by Robert Kaye Finlay [1]

The community was named after Fife, in Scotland, the ancestral home of a first settler. [2]

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References

  1. "Fife, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  2. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 50.