Washburn, Texas

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Washburn, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Washburn, Texas
Location of Washburn, Texas
Coordinates: 35°10′09″N101°34′12″W / 35.16917°N 101.57000°W / 35.16917; -101.57000
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States of America
State Flag of Texas.svg  Texas
County Armstrong
Elevation
[1]
1,074 m (3,524 ft)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total120
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID2805727 [1]

Washburn is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 120 in 2000. [2] Washburn is part of the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

Washburn was part of the JA Ranch from 1876 until its division in 1887. Robert E. Montgomery, who owned section 98, established this townsite at the ending point of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway in August of that same year. It was named after railroad official D.W. Washburn, who was also friends with, and a son-in-law of, Union Pacific Railroad President Grenville M. Dodge. Two water wells, a double pump station, a coal chute, a section house, a depot, and stock pens were all established in the community along the Denver Road. Another railroad track was built to Panhandle in 1888 to connect it to the Southern Kansas Railway. Washburn grew to have tents, dugouts, and board shacks and was a base of operations for settlers, ranchers, and other nearby communities. A post office was established at Washburn in March 1888 and remained in operation until 1956, with James Logue as postmaster, as well as justice of the peace in the community. He established a bank in 1908, which joined the bank in Claude in 1911. It had its newspaper titled the Armstrong County Record, as well as three hotels and a building supply house in 1890 and lost its position as the county seat to nearby Claude in a close, contested election. This, along with the failure of other railroad tracks, tap line abandonment, and Amarillo emerging as a major city, caused the community's decline as people moved out and businesses failed, but the community's spirit remained alive. Telephone service arrived in 1896 from Amarillo. A Methodist church was built in the community in 1907. A Baptist church was then established in 1963. Its population was 25 from the 1930s to the 1950s and grew to 100 in 1964. It went down to 70 from 1974 to the 1980s. Washburn had a hotel, a grain elevator, and a business in 1984. Some residents commute to Amarillo for work. Its population was 104 in 1990 and grew to 120 in 2000. [2]

Today, the community has a grain elevator in operation. It also had a general store, a lumber yard and two saloons. H.E. White owned the store, lumber yard, and elevators in the community. James Logue also donated land for a cemetery in the community. [3]

The Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway also served the community.

Geography

Washburn is located along U.S. Highway 287 in northwestern Armstrong County, approximately 20 miles east of Amarillo.

Demographics

2020 census

Washburn racial composition [4]
(NH = Non-Hispanic) [lower-alpha 1]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (NH)9985.34%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)108.62%
Hispanic or Latino 76.03%
Total116

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 116 people, 70 households, and 63 families residing in the CDP.

Education

A combination school/church building was built at Washburn in 1889. A community center was built in Washburn to modernize school campuses, improve education, and sponsor cultural events around 1920. [2] Today, the community is served by the Claude Independent School District.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Washburn, Texas
  2. 1 2 3 "Washburn, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Washburn, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ https://www.census.gov/ [ not specific enough to verify ]
  6. ↑ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  1. ↑ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. [5] [6]
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