Misplaced Pages

Goodnight, Texas

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Goodnight, Armstrong County, Texas) For the folk rock band, see Goodnight, Texas (band).

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
Goodnight, Texas
Unincorporated community
Goodnight is located in TexasGoodnightGoodnightShow map of TexasGoodnight is located in the United StatesGoodnightGoodnightShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 35°02′04″N 101°11′11″W / 35.03444°N 101.18639°W / 35.03444; -101.18639
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyArmstrong
Elevation3,150 ft (960 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code806
GNIS feature ID1358160

Goodnight is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. The community is part of the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2000, the population was 18.

History

Goodnight was named for pioneer rancher Charles Goodnight.

A folk-rock band called Goodnight, Texas was named after the town of Goodnight, located 1,415 miles (2,277 km) directly between their hometowns of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and San Francisco, California. The band had performed in town three times as of 2017.

The Charles and Mary Ann (Molly) Goodnight Ranch House is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

Goodnight is located on U.S. Highway 287 at the edge of the Llano Estacado, 14 mi (23 km) southeast of Claude and 40 mi (64 km) southeast of Amarillo in northeastern Armstrong County.

Education

Goodnight's first school was established in 1891, with Goodnight College operating from 1898 through 1917. The school was run in cooperation with the local Baptist church. Today, the community is served by the Clarendon Independent School District.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goodnight, Texas
  2. ^ Goodnight, Texas in the Handbook of Texas Online
  3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 58.
  4. Goodnight, Texas Bio Biography of Goodnight, Texas: Tallest Man Records
  5. Gary W. Smith; Linda Henderson (July 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Goodnight, Charles and Mary Ann (Molly), Ranch House". National Archives. Retrieved May 26, 2018. With historic photos and seven photos from 2007. Downloading may be slow.
  6. "Goodnight, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
Municipalities and communities of Armstrong County, Texas, United States
County seat: Claude
City
Armstrong County map
CDP
Other
communities
Categories: