GRASSLAND, TEXAS

Lynn County, Texas Panhandle / West Texas

33° 8' 11" N, 101° 35' 50" W (33.136389, -101.597222)

Junction of FM 212 and FM 1313
2 Miles S of US Hwy 380
2 Miles W of the Garza County Line

16 Miles E of Tahoka the county seat
15.6 Miles W of Post
45 Miles SE of Lubbock
44 Miles E of Brownfield
Population: 61 (2000, 1990)

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Grassland Cemetery
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010
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History in a Pecan Shell

In the late 1880s Enos and Thomas Seeds owned the Grasslands Ranch here. The community grew around the ranch headquarters and is Lynn County’s oldest community.

The embryonic town was granted a post office in 1889 – the county’s second. The Grasslands Ranch was subdivided into farms by 1900 and the region became a cotton-based economy. The population remained small with a reported population of just 67 residents by 1930.

The town grew to 200 for the 1940 census and remained there for the next three decades. By 1980 it had declined to 61 where it has remained through 2000.

GrasslandTexas/Grassland TX - Tumbleweed

Hung out to dry
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010

Butane Co and Cotton Gin
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010
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A closed cafe
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010

Lynn County 1940s map showing Grassland
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Take a road trip

Texas Panhandle

Grassland, Texas Nearby Towns:
Tahoka the county seat
Lamesa
Post
Brownfield
Lubbock
See Lynn County

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