Dougherty (Floyd County, Texas)

Dougherty
Gas station in Dougherty
Location in Texas
Dougherty
Basic data
Foundation :	1928
State :	United States
State :	Texas
County :	Floyd County
Coordinates :	33 ° 57 ′  N , 101 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′  N , 101 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	109 (status: 2000)
Height :	938 m
Postal code :	79235
Area code :	+1 806
GNIS ID :	1356209

Dougherty is an unincorporated community in Floyd County , Texas in the United States . In 2000 there were 109 inhabitants in the settlement.

location

Dougherty is located in the Llano Estacado in northwest Texas, about 15 miles east-southeast of Floydada and 80 kilometers northeast of Lubbock . Neighboring towns are Roaring Springs in the southeast, Mt Blanco in the southwest and Floydada in the northwest.

history

The establishment of the settlement Dougherty took place in the year 1928 after the establishment of a post office of the United States Postal Service in the place. The place was named after the settler Francis M. Dougherty. Due to a spelling mistake , the municipality was initially called Doughtery , the name was subsequently changed. In 1929 a school was built in the village. In the early years, the parish of Dougherty grew rapidly, in 1948 there was a church and three shops in the small village in addition to a post office and school, the place had 148 inhabitants that year. After the construction of US Highway 62 , which runs north around Dougherty as a bypass, development stalled. In 1980 the place had 135 inhabitants, by 1990 this number had dropped to 100 inhabitants.

Infrastructure

Dougherty's economy is mainly agricultural, with several grain silos in the village. The post office in Dougherty is still in operation today. The place is on Farm-to-Market-Road 28 , US Highway 62 is about four kilometers north of Dougherty.

Individual evidence

1. ^ William R. Hunt: History of Dougherty. In: Texas States Historical Association . Retrieved October 20, 2019.