Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas

For the ghost town in Milam County, see Sipe Springs, Milam County, Texas.

Sipe Springs, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°05′27″N 98°47′03″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Comanche
Elevation [1]	1,440 ft (440 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	325
GNIS feature ID	1379082[1]

Sipe Springs (/ˈsip/, pronounced "seep") is an unincorporated community located in Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas,^[citation needed] the community had a population of 75 in 2000.

History

Sipe Springs also had an opera house and its own baseball team.[2]

A horse named Royal King was owned at the time of registration by Whiteside and Albin here.[3]

Geography

Sipe Springs is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1477 and 587 on Sipe Springs Branch, 17 mi (27 km) northwest of Comanche in northwestern Comanche County.[4] It is also located 40 mi (64 km) southwest of Stephenville and 16 mi (26 km) west of De Leon.[2]

Education

Sipe Springs' first schools were built in 1873 and 1922. In 1937 they had a combined number of 152 students and six teachers, and the schools themselves were split between the Sidney and De Leon Independent School Districts in 1952.[4] Today, the community is served by the De Leon ISD.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas
2. "Sipe Springs, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
3. AQHA Hall of Fame
4. Odintz, Mark. "Sipe Springs, TX (Comanche County)". tshaonline.org. Retrieved January 30, 2022.