Welcome to Speedwell ...

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

We've added Speedwell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Speedwell - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Speedwell, please Contact Us.

Speedwell was located in the Texas Panhandle.

While we don't have the exact location of Speedwell , we believe that it would have been located within present day Hale County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Speedwell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

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

The location where Speedwell once stood is in the (806) area code.

Communities Also Named Speedwell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Speedwell - they are located in Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Adding Speedwell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Speedwell 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 for Speedwell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Speedwell post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Speedwell.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Speedwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/