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Coordinates: 33°4517N 101°3955W / 33.75472°N 101.66528°W / 33.75472; -101.66528
 

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Heckville, Texas
Image of Heckville
Steel grain elevator alongside the abandoned tracks of the former Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway
Map of Texas
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Heckville

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Heckville

Coordinates: 33°45′17N 101°39′55W / 33.75472°N 101.66528°W / 33.75472; -101.66528
Country United States
State Texas
CountyLubbock
RegionLlano Estacado
Established1948
Elevation 3,245 ft (989 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
ZIP Code
79329
Area code806
WebsiteHandbook of Texas

Heckville is an unincorporated community located on the high plains of the Llano Estacado, approximately 16 mi (26 km) northeast of Lubbock or 7 mi (11 km) north of Idalou in northeastern Lubbock County, Texas, United States. This small town was named after Henry Heck, who built a cotton gin to serve the community in 1948.[2][3]

Heckville is located at the point where Farm to Market Road 400 intersects the tracks of the former Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway that extended from EstellinetoLubbock. The BNSF Railway, which last owned and operated the former Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway, abandoned and permanently removed the tracks in 1989.[4]

The community has never reported a population of more than 20.[3] As of 2010, all that remained were rusting grain elevators, numerous large warehouses, the remnants of a cotton gin, an abandoned country store, and a large and still active egg farm operation that produces 180,000 eggs per day.[5]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Heckville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  • ^ Fred Tarpley, 1001 Texas Place Names (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980
  • ^ a b Charles G. Davis, "Heckville, TX," Handbook of Texas Online, https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrh52, accessed December 26, 2011, Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  • ^ William C. Billingsley, "Fort Worth and Denver Railway," Handbook of Texas Online, https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqf03, accessed December 26, 2011, Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  • ^ Michael Slother, "Local egg rancher talks safety, business after recall". http://www.kcbd.com/story/13052283/local-egg-rancher-talks-safety-business-after-recall , 8/26/2010.
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