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Although we found mention of Old Place Windmills during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Old Place Windmills was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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

Old Place Windmills is located in the Texas Panhandle.


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


Old Place Windmills is 3,120 feet [951 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Old Place Windmills is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Old Place Windmills might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

We believe that Old Place Windmills would be found within the (432) area code.

Communities near Old Place Windmills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Old Place Windmills.

  • Andrews
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Goldsmith
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsmith have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <4>
  • Scharbauer City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scharbauer City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City
    • Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
  • Gardendale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Shafter Lake ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shafter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter Lake
    • Shafter Lake is located in Andrews County
  • Florey
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florey
    • Florey is located in Andrews County
  • Frankel City ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankel City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankel City
    • Frankel City is located in Andrews County
  • Notrees
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notrees have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <4>
  • West Odessa
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Odessa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Odessa
    • West Odessa is located in Ector County
  • Odessa
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Old Place Windmills ...

Looking for more information about Old Place Windmills? 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 Old Place Windmills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Old Place Windmills.

The official website for Andrews County: www.co.andrews.tx.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Old Place Windmills and then turned east". While Old Place Windmills could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Old Place Windmills as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Old Place Windmills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Old Place Windmills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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