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Welcome to Lahey ...

Lahey is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Lahey is located in Terry County<1>.

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.<2> In other words, the elevation 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).

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)
  • Seagraves
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wellman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Loop
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Tokio ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Lockettville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lockettville is located in Hockley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
  • Welch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • White City ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • White City is located in Gaines County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Ropesville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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 (so far) for Lahey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lahey post office opened in 1926. The Lahey post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lahey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Terry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lahey - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/