Wild Horse, Texas, Culberson County. (original) (raw)

History on a Pinhead

Four things are known about Wild Horse, Texas:
It was named for the nearby creek of the same name. (See map.)
It appears on both a 1920 and 1940 state map.
It maintained roughly the same number of people from the 1960s through the 1990s (34-35).
The "population" is scattered.

1940s Culberson County map showing Wild Horse & Wild Horse Creek
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

1920s Culberson County map showing Wild Horse & Wild Horse Creek
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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