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Welcome to Borger ...

The city of Borger is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Borger is located in Hutchinson County<1>.

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

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Borger has a population of 12,384 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Borger is 3,080 feet [939 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Borger is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Borger: 806

The ZIP codes for Borger: 79007-79008<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Borger had an population of 12,384 people. This is a decrease of 6.54% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 13.41% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Borger had a population of 13,251 people (which is 59.65% of the total population of Hutchinson County). This makes Borger the county's most populous community.

The population of Borger represents 0.05% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 177th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 13,251 people, the population of Borger decreased 7.35% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 14,302 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Borger.

Communities Also Named Borger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Borger - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Websites for Borger ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.borger.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Borger, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Borger ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Borger. 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 Borger.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Borger ...

Looking for more information about Borger? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Borger, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Borger.

Adding Borger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Borger in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Borger was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Borger.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hutchinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Borger.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Borger - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Borger). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Borger or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Borger includes: 79007 & 79008.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/