Bledsoe, Texas

Bledsoe is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in western Cochran County, Texas, United States, located near the New Mexico border. It is approximately 68 miles west of Lubbock. As of the 1990 US Census, the town had a population of 125.

Bledsoe, Texas
Unincorporated community Census designated place
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Coordinates: 33°37′09″N 103°01′17″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Cochran
Population  (1990 est.)
• Total	125
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	79314
Area code	806
FIPS code	48-08644

History

Bledsoe was founded in 1925 as the terminus of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, and named for Samuel T. Bledsoe, the line's president.^[1][2] The town gained its original prosperity through its function as a cattle-shipping station, and reached its greatest population of 400 in 1930. The Great Depression had dire effect on the community and throughout the remainder of the 20th century the population continued to dwindle; the last recorded figure put the 1990 population at 125.

Education

It is within the Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District. The former Bledsoe Independent School District merged into Whiteface CISD on July 1, 1996.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	56		—
U.S. Decennial Census[4] 1850–1900[5] 1910[6] 1920[7] 1930[8] 1940[9] 1950[10] 1960[11] 1970[12] 1980[13] 1990[14] 2000[15] 2010[16] 2020[17]

Bledsoe first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.^[18][16][17]

2020 census

Bledsoe CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020[17]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	22	39.29%
Black or African American alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	0	0.00%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	34	60.71%
Total	56	100.00%

See also

• KZJW-LD