Littlefield, Texas
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 Location of Littlefield, Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1912 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Lamb County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 55 ′ N , 102 ° 20 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 6,372 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 411.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.5 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 1084 m |
| Postal code : | 79339 |
| Area code : | +1 806 |
| FIPS : | 48-43024 |
| GNIS ID : | 1361517 |
| Website : | www.littlefieldtexas.org |
Littlefield is a city in western Texas in the United States .
The place is the administrative seat of Lamb County . The surrounding region is strongly influenced by cotton cultivation, a large denim factory is located in Littlefield.
Littlefield is the birthplace of country star Waylon Jennings , who invented the apt description of Littlefield as the "suburb of a cotton patch" .
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1930 | 3218 | - | |
| 1940 | 3817 | 18.6% | |
| 1950 | 6540 | 71.3% | |
| 1960 | 7236 | 10.6% | |
| 1970 | 6738 | -6.9% | |
| 1980 | 7409 | 10% | |
| 1990 | 6489 | -12.4% | |
| 2000 | 6507 | 0.3% | |
| 2010 | 6372 | -2.1% | |
| 1930-2000, 2010 | |||
sons and daughters of the town
- Waylon Jennings (1937-2002), country singer and musician
- Tom Jones (* 1928), musical lyricist and author
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
Web links
- Littlefield in the Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
- Statistics Littlefield, Tx (Engl.)