Carey, Texas

Carey, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°28′16″N 100°19′32″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Childress
Elevation [1]	1,890 ft (580 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	60
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	79201[2]
Area code	940
FIPS code	48075
GNIS feature ID	1353815[1]

Carey is an unincorporated community in Childress County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 60 in 2000.

History

Carey was originally named Talulah after Talulah Collier. The post office in the community was established in 1896. Two years later, the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway renamed the town for railroad foreman Dan Carey, who received a land grant for the community. There was a cotton gin, a general store, and three churches alongside the post office in 1940. Carey comprised 25 families that year. The population was 57 with the post office and a store in 1980. The population went up to 60 from 1990 through 2000.[3]

On March 23, 1973, an F1 tornado struck Carey. It caused at least $500 in damages.[4]

Geography

Carey is located on U.S. Route 287, 8 mi (13 km) northwest of Childress in Childress County.[3] It is also on Texas State Highway Loop 328.[5]

Education

In 1888, Talulah Collier was the first schoolteacher in the community. The school was still standing in 1940 until it joined the Childress Independent School District in the 1960s.[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carey, Texas. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
2. "Carey TX". ZIP Code Lookup. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
3. Carey, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
4. "Tornado History Project: March 23, 1973". Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
5. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 328". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 17, 2019.