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Gaines County, Texas
SEMINOLE, TEXAS
Gaines County Seat, Texas Panhandle
63 miles N
of
Odessa
on Hwy 385
25 miles E of the New Mexico state line on Hwy 180
Population: about 7,000
Named after local Indian watering holes.
Seminole was made the County Seat of Gaines County when it was organized in 1905. However Seagraves was the county's most populated town until 1950.
The first bank was opened in 1906. Bank robbers didn't find out about it until 1912. As soon as they did they robbed it. In 1914 the population was about 300 people.
For five
years Seminole enjoyed a rail connection to Midland. This proved unprofitable in
1923 and the railroad (The Midland and Northwestern) suspended operations. The
same year, Seminole had their worst fire, destroying a good portion of downtown.
(From
Texas Escapes, Texas Travel Guide)
Copyright 2003
Gaines County TXGenWeb Project