ROUNDUP, TEXAS

Hockley County, Texas Panhandle

33° 45' 44" N, 102° 5' 50" W (33.762222, -102.097222)

US 84 and FM 2130
About 19 Miles NE of Levelland the county seat
About 17 Miles SE of Littlefield
ZIP 79336
Area code 806
Population: 20 (2000)

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Roundup, Texas road sign
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2010

History in a Pecan Shell

Roundup came into existence in 1912 when the Santa Fe railroad established a rail spur and shipping pens here. The name was suggested by a railroad executive, but the vastness of the landscape and the distance from civilization possible discouraged would-be citizens. Nevertheless, the railroad had a section house here which was joined by a cotton gin and store.

The first population figure available showed fifty hearty people here in 1948. This may have been Roundup's high water mark. The 1980 census counted twenty-seven people which has dropped to twenty in the year 2000. Anton, Texas serves whatever schoolchildren there are in Roundup.

An old gin
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2010
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Grain silos
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2010
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A closed store
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2010

Hockley County 1940s map showing Roundup
near Lubbock County line
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Roundup, Texas Nearby Towns:
Llevelland the county seat
Lubbock | Littlefield | Brownfield
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