Wizard Wells, Texas

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Wizard Wells
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Wizard Wells
Coordinates: 33°12′01″N97°58′16″W / 33.20028°N 97.97111°W / 33.20028; -97.97111
Country United States
State Texas
County Jack
Elevation
[1]
1,158 ft (353 m)
Population
 (2000 est.)
  Total
69
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
76458
Area code 940
GNIS feature ID1350445 [1]

Wizard Wells is an unincorporated farming community in Jack County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 69 in 2000.

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History

Because a man named G. W. Vineyard controlled a large portion of the land, the settlement was formerly known as Old Vineyard. According to legend, Vineyard found that the spring waters on his property healed the sores on his legs in the 1880s. The settlers called the burgeoning settlement Wizard Wells due to the purported miraculous healing. [2] [3] Wizard Wells has long been a hub for the local farming community and a place to shop. Between 1920 and 1940, the town's population was approximately 175 people. The population of Wizard Wells began to gradually drop in the 1950s. The projected population of the village was 69 in 1986 and remained that way until 2000. [4]

Butterfield Overland Mail had a stage stand in the community. [5] :72

Geography

Wizard Wells is located on Farm to Market Road 1156, 13 mi (21 km) east of Jacksboro in east-central Jack County. [4]

Education

Today, the community is served by the Jacksboro Independent School District.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wizard Wells, Texas
  2. "Wizard Wells: A Texas town where magic flows in the water". wfaa.com. May 6, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  3. Fowler, Gene (1991). Crazy Water: The Story of Mineral Wells and Other Texas Health Resorts. Texas Christian University Press. ISBN   978-0-87565-091-3.
  4. 1 2 Wizard Wells, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  5. Glen Sample Ely, The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858–1861, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Mar 4, 2016