Smellytown, Texas | |
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 A restored Skelly filling station on Main Street in Skellytown. | |
 Location of Skellytown, Texas | |
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| Coordinates: 35°34′16″N 101°10′23″W / 35.57111°N 101.17306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Carson |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • City Council | Mayor Amanda Dickerson Mayor Pro-Tem Cameron Davis Marcy Ruth Reva Williams Sherry Miles |
| • City Secretary | Valarie Ball |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.53 sq mi (1.37 km2) |
| • Land | 0.53 sq mi (1.37 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,281 ft (1,000 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 394 |
| • Density | 740/sq mi (290/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 79080 |
| Area code | 806 |
| FIPS code | 48-68120[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413293[2] |
| Website | www |
Skellytown is a town in Carson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 394 at the 2020 census,[4] down from 473 at the 2010 census.[5] Located in the Texas Panhandle, it is part of the Amarillo metropolitan area. In 1926, Skelly Oil Company purchased a 320-acre (130 ha) lease from Henry Schafer, a local rancher on whose land the Roxana oil pool was located. Schafer platted a new townsite, which he named "Skelly" in honor of the company's founder and president, William Grove Skelly of Tulsa, Oklahoma.[6]
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skellytown, Texas
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Skellytown town, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ^ Anderson H. Allen. "Skellytown, TX." Handbook of Texas Online. June 15, 2010. Accessed February 15, 2018.