RED SPRINGS, TEXAS

Baylor County, Panhandle / Central Texas North

U.S. Highway 82
10 Miles W of Seymour the county seat
SW of Vernon
SW of Wichita Falls
Population: 42 (2000) 81 (1990)

Red Springs, Texas Area Hotels
Wichita Falls Hotels | Vernon Hotels

Baylor County, Red Springs, TX, city limit landscape

Red Springs highway sign
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010

History on a Pinhead

The site had been a watering hole for buffalo and Indians, years before settlement. The springs flowed from a clay bank of the Salt Fork of the Brazos River, giving the name “red.” In the late 1890s a trading post was built here and with the arrival of the railroad in 1900 (The Fort Worth and Denver City) growth seemed unstoppable. The history and early population figures are missing, but the 1940 census showed 100 people – served by four stores and a school.

The 1980 census counted the same number of people but by 1990 it had reached 81. In the ten years since it has decreased to a mere 42 citizens.

Baylor County, Red Springs, TX, Skyline with Bluebonnets

Spring in Red Springs
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010
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Baylor County, Red Springs, TX Baptist Church sign

Like Da Sign Says
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010
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Baylor County 1920s map showing Red Springs
near Knox County line
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Take a road trip

Red Springs, Texas Nearby Towns:
Seymour the county seat
Vernon
Wichita Falls
See Baylor County | Knox County

Texas Panhandle / Central Texas North

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