Welcome to Lahey ...

Lahey is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Lahey is located in Terry County<1>.

The location of Lahey has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lahey, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1926.

Lahey is 3,300 feet [1,006 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lahey is about ¾ mile [or 1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lahey lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Lahey (for example, toward Tatum (NM)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The telephone area code for Lahey: (806)

Communities near Lahey ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lahey.

• Brownfield
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfield
  • Brownfield is located in Terry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownfield <4>
• Seagraves
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagraves
  • Seagraves is located in Gaines County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seagraves <4>
• Meadow
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
  • Meadow is located in Terry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meadow <4>
• Wellman
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
  • Wellman is located in Terry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellman <4>
• Loop
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
  • Loop is located in Gaines County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loop <4>
• Tokio ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
  • Tokio is located in Terry County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tokio <4>
• Lockettville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
  • Lockettville is located in Hockley County
• Welch
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Welch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
  • Welch is located in Dawson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <4>
• White City ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • White City is located in Gaines County
• Ropesville
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropesville
  • Ropesville is located in Hockley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ropesville <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lahey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lahey.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lahey. See our Newspapers Page for Lahey.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lahey ...

Looking for more information about Lahey? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lahey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lahey.

Adding Lahey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lahey in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lahey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lahey post office opened in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lahey.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lahey. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/