Barwise (Texas)
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 Grain silos in Barwise |
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| Foundation : | 1928 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Floyd County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 0 ′ N , 101 ° 32 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 16 (as of 2000) | ||
| Height : | 989 m | ||
| Postal code : | 79235 | ||
| Area code : | +1 806 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1379394 | ||
Barwise is an unincorporated community in Floyd County , Texas in the United States . In 2000 there were 16 residents in the settlement.
location
Barwise is 17 kilometers west of Floydada as the crow flies , 28 kilometers southeast of Plainview and 55 kilometers northeast of Lubbock in the Llano Estacado region of northwest Texas. Closest town is the small town of Lockney .
history
The Barwise settlement was founded in 1928 after the Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company built a railway line through the current location. The town was initially called Stringer , named after the farmer JW Stringer, who owned land near the settlement. Shortly after it was founded, however, the place was renamed Barwise. The new place name is derived from the name of the judge Joseph Hodson Barwise from Wichita Falls , who is considered the first hotel guest in Barwise. Barwise originally consisted of seven buildings. The railway line has since been dismantled.
In the 1930s, Barwise had a hotel, a village shop, a manure dealer, a gas station, an egrenier machine and two granaries. In 1940, Barwise had about 40 residents. In 1950 the settlement was given a paved road. In 1986 only the fertilizer dealer and a grain silo existed in Barwise, the rest was used as farmland. For 1990, Barwise had a population of 30 people, this number fell to 16 by 2000. Today Barwise consists of four residential buildings and a few farm buildings that are used for agriculture.
Infrastructure
Barwise is on Farm-to-Market-Road 784 , US Highway 70 is around 20 kilometers northeast of the settlement. About 36 kilometers west of Barwise there is a connection to Interstate 27 between Lubbock and Amarillo .