Carlisle, Texas, Lubbock County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

The community that was Carlisle grew around a school and was named for local rancher W. A. Carlisle. The school was one of 26 rural Lubbock County school districts in the late 1920s. The Frenship district was formed from schools in Hurlwood, Wolfforth, and Foster. The town once boasted the largest vineyard in NW Texas and had two stores of its own.

Carlisle was still listed as a community in 1983, but was annexed to Lubbock in January of the following year.

Carlisle Cemetery Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2010

Historical Marker:

Carlisle Cemetery

The pioneer Carlisle community was named for W. Augustus "Uncle Gus" Carlisle (1849-1920), who settled here with his wife Lizzie (Spikes) (d. 1914) in 1890. A cattleman and a prominent landowner, Carlisle made significant contributions to the development of the area, including a donation of land for a school. In 1918 he set aside this part of his property for use as a public cemetery. It was first used for the burial of George W. Wood (b. 1879), a victim of the 1920 influenza epidemic. Other graves include those of pioneer area settlers and early leaders of Carlisle.
1983

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