Welcome to Shafter Lake ...

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

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

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Shafter Lake was located in the Texas Panhandle.

Shafter Lake would have been located within present day Andrews County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shafter Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

A typical abbreviation for Shafter Lake: Shafter Lk.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Shafter Lake is 3,160 feet [963 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Shafter Lake is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

The Area Code where Shafter Lake was located: 432

Communities near Shafter Lake ...

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

• Andrews
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Andrews is located in Andrews County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,331 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andrews <4>
• Florey
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Florey is located in Andrews County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florey
• Frankel City ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Frankel City is located in Andrews County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankel City
• Coyote Corner
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Coyote Corner is located in Andrews County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Corner
• Seminole
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Seminole is located in Gaines County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,952 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seminole <4>
• Jones City
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Jones City is located in Lea County (NM)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
• Eunice
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Eunice is located in Lea County (NM)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eunice <4>
• Maypens
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Maypens is located in Lea County (NM)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maypens
• Goldsmith
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Goldsmith is located in Ector County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldsmith <4>
• Scharbauer City
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City

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

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

Adding Shafter Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shafter Lake 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 Shafter Lake was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shafter Lake.