Welcome to Badger ...

So far, we found very little information about Badger. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Badger to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Badger, please Contact Us.

Badger was located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Badger would have been located within present day Ector County<2>.

The location of Badger has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Badger is 2,910 feet [887 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Badger is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Badger was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Badger still existed, it would have been in the (432) area code.

Communities Also Named Badger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Badger - they are located in Alaska, California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Minnesota (2), Nebraska (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, South Dakota, Washington (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Badger.

Communities near Badger ...

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

• Odessa
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odessa
  • Odessa is located in Ector County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125,413 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odessa <5>
• Monahans
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monahans
  • Monahans is located in Ward County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monahans <5>
• Goldsmith
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsmith have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
  • Goldsmith is located in Ector County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldsmith <5>
• West Odessa
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Odessa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Odessa
  • West Odessa is located in Ector County
• Notrees
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notrees have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notrees
  • Notrees is located in Ector County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notrees <5>
• Thorntonville
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorntonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorntonville
  • Thorntonville is located in Ward County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
• Scharbauer City
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scharbauer City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City
  • Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
• Gardendale
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
  • Gardendale is located in Ector County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardendale <5>
• Wickett
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wickett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickett
  • Wickett is located in Ward County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wickett <5>
• Crane
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Crane is located in Crane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,649 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane <5>

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 Badger. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Badger.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Badger. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Badger.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Ector County: www.co.ector.tx.us/

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