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In 1876 the Texas legislature formed Hockley County from lands
formerly assigned to Bexar and Young counties. Because settlers were
slow to move into the area, however, the county was assigned to
Lubbock County for administrative purposes until 1920. Today,
its county seat is Levelland, and the county is named for George
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Much of the history of the area revolves around Yellow House Canyon.
The Comanches, hunting buffalo and attacking enemies, watered at the
springs in the canyon for decades before white men took an interest
in the region; the canyon lay along a north-south trail between New
Mexico and Mexico. In 1879 a squad of Texas Rangers led by Capt.
George W. Arrington found Yellow House Canyon during a fierce
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The Causeys were the first settlers in the area; after several years
of buffalo hunting in Kansas and Texas, they established a base at
Yellow House Canyon in 1877 and built the first house in the county.
When the buffalo herds were depleted, the Causeys went into the bone
business, and in 1882 they established a ranch. In 1885, however,
the XIT Ranch, one of the state's largest cattle-raising ventures,
was founded in the area, and the Causeys were forced to move. |
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Anton
Levelland
Opdyke West
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Ropesville
Smyer
Sundown
Whitharral (unincorporated)
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