Nazareth, Texas
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YoSam.
N 34° 32.711 W 102° 06.118
13S E 765946 N 3826423
Nazareth, a small farming community, is in east central Castro County at the intersection of State Highway 86 and Farm Road 168, fifty-eight miles south of Amarillo
Waymark Code: WMTX3G
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2017
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County of town: Castro County
Location of town: central to county; crossroads of TX-86 & FM-168
County if SW in Texas Panhandle
City hall location: 2nd St. & St. Joseph St., Nazareth
Elevation: 3,760 ft (1,150 m)
Population: 309 (2013)
"History in a Pecan Shell
The town was named by Catholic priest Joseph Reisdorff, who recruited settlers by advertising in midwestern German Catholic newspapers.
"He and a core of four farmers moved to the future town in 1902. A post office was opened the following year the community built its Catholic church. The town had seventy-one residents by 1904 - the year Nazareth was platted. The community's cemetery was (consecrated in 1906) was the only one for miles.
"The population grew to 50 by 1914 and to 150 people by 1927.
"Dust storms hit the area in the 30s and the population dropped back to fifty. By the time America entered WWII the population was back up to 200.
"The population dropped to about 75 in 1955, then rose to 275 ten years later. The town remains primarily a Catholic community." ~ Texas Escapes