Ector County Places
Landmarks & Vanished Communities
This index preserves the TXGenWeb collection of named places, geographic features, historic sites, and vanished communities associated with Ector County, Texas.
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| Feature Name | Type | Latitude, Longitude | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo School | school | 31.867500, -102.370556 | — | USGS |
| Alley Oople Windmill | locale | 32.036111, -102.596389 | — | USGS |
| Andector Oil Field | oilfield | 32.074167, -102.719722 | — | USGS |
| Antelope Lake | lake | 31.998611, -102.520833 | — | USGS |
| Antioch Church | church | 31.885278, -102.339722 | — | USGS |
| Arcade | pop place | 31.802778, -102.445556 | — | USGS |
| Austin School | school | 31.851667, -102.373611 | — | USGS |
| Badger | pop place | 31.728889, -102.613889 | Badger, Texas, reportedly a populated place, was located 2 miles northeast of Judkins, Texas, on U. S. Highway 80 and the Texas & Pacific railroad in southwestern Ector County. Although it sat beside the railroad, Badger did not originate as a point on the railroad. Badger developed as a result of the oil discovery on 28 December 1926 in nearby Penwell field. In the oil boom that followed, Badger came into existence at sometime in 1927. By 1933 the community reported one business and a population of 200 and that population figure remained until sometime during World War II. After the war and through 1947 population showed a decline to fifty, still served by one business. Before 1949 both the population and the business disappeared and Badger, Texas, was not listed among Texas populated places by later issues of Texas Almanac or by John Clements in Flying the Colors (1984). No post office, school, church, or cemetery was found at Badger, Texas. Sources: Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Bill Walkup, "The Advent of the Iron Horse," in Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), 6-8; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8, 13; 1933 Texas Almanac, 54; 1936 Texas Almanac, 147; 1939 Texas Almanac, 103; 1941-42 Texas Almanac, 117; 1943-44 Texas Almanac, 71; 1945-1946 Texas Almanac, 111; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, 135, map on page 462 shows location of Badger, Texas; John Clements, Flying the Colors (Dallas: Clements Research, Inc., 1984), 218. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Barrow Park | park | 31.855278, -102.384722 | — | USGS |
| Bellaire Park | park | 31.875278, -102.368333 | — | USGS |
| Belmont Church | church | 31.845278, -102.383333 | — | USGS |
| Bethany Church | church | 31.890833, -102.371389 | — | USGS |
| Big Tanks | reservoir | 31.832222, -102.752500 | — | USGS |
| Blackshear Staduim | locale | 31.840833, -102.346944 | — | USGS |
| Bonham Junior High School | school | 31.870833, -102.352500 | — | USGS |
| Bowie Junior High School | school | 31.860278, -102.384444 | — | USGS |
| Bradley Barn Well | well | 31.743056, -102.521667 | — | USGS |
| Bradley Well | well | 31.711389, -102.532500 | — | USGS |
| Breaks Well | well | 31.702778, -102.471944 | — | USGS |
| Broughton Park | park | 31.927500, -102.397778 | — | USGS |
| Buchanan Well | well | 31.858056, -102.593611 | — | USGS |
| Buffalo Windmill | locale | 31.725000, -102.726667 | — | USGS |
| Bull Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.901389, -102.585000 | — | USGS |
| Bull Well | well | 31.876944, -102.436111 | — | USGS |
| Bum Lake | lake | 32.057222, -102.710833 | — | USGS |
| Bum Windmill | locale | 32.056389, -102.715278 | — | USGS |
| Bumper Tank | reservoir | 31.808333, -102.771389 | — | USGS |
| Burleson School | school | 31.877222, -102.390556 | — | USGS |
| Burnet School | school | 31.881111, -102.361389 | — | USGS |
| Caliche Windmill | locale | 32.030000, -102.430000 | — | USGS |
| Cameron School | school | 31.839167, -102.396111 | — | USGS |
| Casa Bella Park | park | 31.872222, -102.363889 | — | USGS |
| C-Bar Ranch | locale | 31.722222, -102.621944 | — | USGS |
| Central Park | park | 31.858889, -102.365278 | — | USGS |
| Chapel Hill Church | church | 31.898056, -102.361389 | — | USGS |
| Cherry Windmill | locale | 31.901111, -102.516944 | — | USGS |
| Cheyenne Lake | lake | 31.937222, -102.717222 | — | USGS |
| Clark Brothers Ranch | locale | 31.676111, -102.413611 | — | USGS |
| Claypit Tank | reservoir | 31.852500, -102.733889 | — | USGS |
| Cole Ranch | locale | 32.020000, -102.712778 | — | USGS |
| Collins Windmill | locale | 31.997222, -102.505278 | — | USGS |
| Comanche Trails Camp | locale | 32.023333, -102.521111 | — | USGS |
| Conger Ranch | locale | 32.052222, -102.604444 | — | USGS |
| Cotter Tanks | reservoir | 31.819722, -102.754722 | — | USGS |
| Cowden Oil Field | oilfield | 31.816667, -102.493333 | — | USGS |
| Coyote Lake | lake | 31.940556, -102.552500 | — | USGS |
| Crater Windmill | locale | 31.758333, -102.487778 | — | USGS |
| Cross Windmill | locale | 31.772500, -102.482500 | — | USGS |
| Crump Park | park | 31.850833, -102.377500 | — | USGS |
| Dagger Windmill | locale | 31.786667, -102.798056 | — | USGS |
| Deep Windmill | locale | 31.688333, -102.712778 | — | USGS |
| Dipping Vat Well | well | 31.913056, -102.446944 | — | USGS |
| Division Well | well | 31.736667, -102.425556 | — | USGS |
| Donnelly North Oil Field | oilfield | 31.931667, -102.551111 | — | USGS |
| Donnelly Oil Field | oilfield | 31.888333, -102.545278 | — | USGS |
| Double H Oil Field | oilfield | 31.710000, -102.455833 | — | USGS |
| Douro (Duro) | pop place | 31.761667, -102.525278 | Douro [or Duro], Texas, a vanished community, was established 10 miles southwest of Odessa, Texas, on the Texas & Pacific railroad in southwestern Ector County in 1881, when the railroad reached the county. A town plat for Douro was drawn; lots were sold; and, plans for a courthouse were made. However, no town developed at the site. One story for the origin of the name is the Spanish word, duro, meaning firm or unyielding. According to the story, a Spanish-speaking track layer found the ground difficult to work with his pick and shovel and called it duro. After oil was discovered in Penwell field on 28 December 1926 and in Harper field on 02 December 1933, Douro became a small boom town for a short time. Douro reported one business and a population of 25 from 1939 until 1947. When the boom faded, so did Douro [Sources: Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8-13; 1939 Texas Almanac, 107; 1941-42 Texas Almanac, 121; 1943-44 Texas Almanac, 74; 1945- 1946 Texas Almanac, 116; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, 138] No post office existed at the site. Sources: Bill Walkup, The Advent of the Iron Horse," in Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), 3, 6-8; Wylene Kirk, Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area, in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 91. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Dowling School | school | 31.865833, -102.359167 | — | USGS |
| Draw Windmill | locale | 32.085000, -102.458889 | — | USGS |
| Dumpground Windmill | locale | 31.804722, -102.325278 | — | USGS |
| East Buchanan Well | well | 31.864722, -102.564167 | — | USGS |
| East Eight Section Windmill | locale | 31.731944, -102.296111 | — | USGS |
| East Goldsmith Oil Field | oilfield | 32.006389, -102.585278 | — | USGS |
| East Nine Section Windmill | locale | 31.772500, -102.310000 | — | USGS |
| East Side Park | park | 31.857500, -102.367778 | — | USGS |
| East Windmill | locale | 31.741111, -102.765833 | — | USGS |
| East Windmill | locale | 31.924722, -102.695278 | — | USGS |
| East Windmill | locale | 32.024444, -102.551111 | — | USGS |
| Ector County | civil | 31.866667, -102.550000 | — | USGS |
| Ector High School | school | 31.831389, -102.370278 | — | USGS |
| Ector Tank | reservoir | 31.798889, -102.769167 | — | USGS |
| Embar Lake | lake | 32.000833, -102.599722 | — | USGS |
| Embar Ranch | locale | 32.071389, -102.633056 | — | USGS |
| Fannin School | school | 31.840000, -102.383889 | — | USGS |
| Farm Windmill | locale | 31.787222, -102.307500 | — | USGS |
| Five Section Windmill | locale | 31.920278, -102.289167 | — | USGS |
| Five Section Windmill | locale | 32.085556, -102.648056 | — | USGS |
| Flagg Ranch | locale | 32.038333, -102.786944 | — | USGS |
| Floyd Gwin Park | park | 31.843889, -102.393333 | — | USGS |
| Foster Oil Field | oilfield | 31.856944, -102.440000 | — | USGS |
| Four Section Well | well | 31.872778, -102.504167 | — | USGS |
| Four Section Windmill | locale | 31.970556, -102.336944 | — | USGS |
| Gardendale | pop place | 32.020278, -102.379722 | — | USGS |
| Germany Wells | well | 31.681111, -102.537500 | — | USGS |
| Giffon Windmill | locale | 32.005833, -102.550833 | — | USGS |
| Goldsmith | pop place | 31.980556, -102.614722 | — | USGS |
| Goldsmith Oil Field | oilfield | 31.964722, -102.662778 | — | USGS |
| Goldsmith Plant | other | 31.981667, -102.634167 | — | USGS |
| Goliad School | school | 31.895000, -102.380556 | — | USGS |
| Gonzales School | school | 31.869167, -102.335278 | — | USGS |
| Great Oil Basin Shopping Center | locale | 31.860278, -102.352500 | — | USGS |
| Green Windmill | locale | 32.020278, -102.741944 | — | USGS |
| Greenfield Acres Church | church | 31.906111, -102.413889 | — | USGS |
| Gulf Camp Windmill | locale | 31.966389, -102.603333 | — | USGS |
| Hammett Windmill | locale | 31.814444, -102.375833 | — | USGS |
| Harper Oil Field | oilfield | 31.806389, -102.562500 | — | USGS |
| Harrisdale Church | church | 31.862778, -102.412222 | — | USGS |
| Hays School | school | 31.836944, -102.343889 | — | USGS |
| Headlee Oil Field | oilfield | 31.880833, -102.306667 | — | USGS |
| Henderson Heights Church | church | 31.841111, -102.415556 | — | USGS |
| Henderson Jog Windmill | locale | 31.764444, -102.450000 | — | USGS |
| Henderson Park | park | 31.871667, -102.383889 | — | USGS |
| Henderson Windmill | locale | 31.748056, -102.464722 | — | USGS |
| Hendricks Windmills | locale | 31.835278, -102.309722 | — | USGS |
| Holy Redeemer Church | church | 31.861667, -102.407222 | — | USGS |
| Home Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.740833, -102.396944 | — | USGS |
| Homestead Tank | reservoir | 31.806667, -102.766389 | — | USGS |
| Hood Junior High School | school | 31.881944, -102.375556 | — | USGS |
| Hunter Well | well | 32.008889, -102.334722 | — | USGS |
| Ireland School | school | 31.891667, -102.362222 | — | USGS |
| James Lake | lake | 31.988611, -102.524722 | — | USGS |
| Jim Bayou | stream | 32.872778, -094.122778 | — | USGS |
| Johnson Oil Field | oilfield | 31.895000, -102.504722 | — | USGS |
| Judkins | pop place | 31.717500, -102.632222 | Located 18 miles southwest of Odessa, Texas, on Interstate 20 and the Missouri Pacific railroad in southwestern Ector County. The community began as a point on the Texas & Pacific railroad when its tracks were extended into the county in 1881, but no name was found for the railroad location. The Judkins family settled there in 1898 and the current community name was supplied by Frank Judkins, who became postmaster when the first post office opened on 26 December 1906. Judkins School District first levied taxes in the 1907-1908 term and built a new building at the cost of $3,000 in 1908. In 1908-1909 the school enrolled 71 pupils who were taught by two teachers. A townsite was planned and a group of 24 German farm families came from a settled Texas area to live in the community during a wet year such as 1908. Their row crops, including cotton, grew well until the drought of 1910 sent them back to their earlier homes. When Felix E. Jones was postmaster in 1910, the post office closed. On 26 August 1912, a former Judkins postmaster, George E. Printz, managed to reopen a post office, but it closed again on 30 September 1914. Morgan H. Lewis reestablished the post office on 09 September 1916, but this third post office was discontinued before the end of the year and the building was moved to Odessa. By 1921 the school building was in need of repair and Judkins School District was consolidated with all other districts in the county to form Ector County School District. On 28 December 1926 oil was discovered in nearby Penwell field and a fourth post office opened at Judkins on 15 August 1928 with Dorothy Tharp as postmaster. Temporarily revived by the oil boom, Judkins reported a population of 150 in 1929. From 1933 through 1947 Judkins consisted of 15 residents and one business, although the post office consolidated with the one at Penwell on 15 June 1936 when Hiram R. Smith was postmaster. From the 1950s through the 1990s no population and no businesses were recorded for Judkins by Texas Almanac. John Clements did not list Judkins among populated communities of Ector County in 1988. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 91; Tracy Byers, "History of Education in Ector County," in Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961, 21-23; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8; 1929 Texas Almanac, 57; 1933 Texas Almanac, 60; 1936 Texas Almanac, 153; 1939 Texas Almanac, 109; 1941-42 Texas Almanac, 123; 1943-44 Texas Almanac, 77; 1945-46 Texas Almanac, 119; 1947-48 Texas Almanac, 141; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 109; John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas Facts, 5th ed. (Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1988), 218. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| KENT-AM (Odessa) | tower | 31.820556, -102.428333 | — | USGS |
| KENT-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.897222, -102.565833 | — | USGS |
| KGEE-FM (Monahans) | tower | 31.761111, -102.524444 | — | USGS |
| King Lake | lake | 31.750833, -102.696111 | — | USGS |
| KKKK-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.847222, -102.454167 | — | USGS |
| KMGP-FM (Monahans) | tower | 31.965278, -102.769444 | — | USGS |
| KMLM-TV (Odessa) | tower | 32.048056, -102.295556 | — | USGS |
| KMRK-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.770000, -102.540556 | — | USGS |
| KNDA-AM (Odessa) | tower | 31.802500, -102.382500 | — | USGS |
| KOCV-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.865833, -102.382500 | — | USGS |
| KOCV-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.858333, -102.383333 | — | USGS |
| KOCV-TV (Odessa) | tower | 31.866389, -102.380556 | — | USGS |
| KODM-FM (Odessa) | tower | 31.659444, -102.293889 | — | USGS |
| KOSA-TV (Odessa) | tower | 31.863889, -102.578056 | — | USGS |
| KOYL-AM (Odessa) | tower | 31.876111, -102.405278 | — | USGS |
| LaFiesta Park | park | 31.839444, -102.353611 | — | USGS |
| Lammar School | school | 31.854167, -102.360556 | — | USGS |
| Lawson Oil Field | oilfield | 31.880000, -102.631944 | — | USGS |
| McElroy Trap Windmill | locale | 31.746667, -102.349167 | — | USGS |
| McKinney Park | park | 31.824722, -102.364444 | — | USGS |
| McKinney Windmill | locale | 31.905278, -102.301389 | — | USGS |
| Menard Windmill | locale | 31.838889, -102.288333 | — | USGS |
| Mesco Windmill | locale | 31.860833, -102.319722 | — | USGS |
| Metz | pop place | 31.703333, -102.656667 | Located 4 miles southwest of Judkins, Texas, and 5 miles northeast of Prairie Home, Texas, on the Texas & Pacific railroad in southwestern Ector County. Metz became a section house on the railroad when its tracks were extended into the county in 1881. Although the railroad may have planned a townsite at the location, no community grew up around the section house. Metz was named in honor of the city in Germany with the same name. Sources: Wylene Kirk, Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 91; Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), map on page 3. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Metz Oil Field | oilfield | 31.702778, -102.662222 | — | USGS |
| Mexican Well | well | 31.914722, -102.478333 | — | USGS |
| Middle Windmill | locale | 31.668889, -102.667778 | — | USGS |
| Milam School | school | 31.840833, -102.352222 | — | USGS |
| Moose Oil Field | oilfield | 31.702778, -102.293611 | — | USGS |
| Moss Oil Field | oilfield | 31.764167, -102.590556 | — | USGS |
| Moss Ranch | locale | 31.807500, -102.408611 | — | USGS |
| Mowing Machine Lake | lake | 31.979444, -102.505833 | — | USGS |
| Muskingum Draw | valley | 31.823611, -102.355556 | — | USGS |
| Nester Well | well | 31.702778, -102.501667 | — | USGS |
| New Well | well | 31.688889, -102.592500 | — | USGS |
| New Well | well | 31.893056, -102.454444 | — | USGS |
| New Windmill | locale | 31.997500, -102.607222 | — | USGS |
| New Windmill | locale | 32.066111, -102.371667 | — | USGS |
| North Burkett Windmill | locale | 31.935278, -102.515000 | — | USGS |
| North Clyde Windmill | locale | 31.963611, -102.584444 | — | USGS |
| North Cowden | pop place | 32.004444, -102.512500 | Located 17 miles northwest of Odessa, Texas, between Scharbauer City, Texas, and Goldsmith, Texas, on State Highway 158 in north central Ector County. The community formed to supply workers and operators in North Cowden Field after oil was discovered there on 03 September 1930. The town and the oil field were named for the local ranching family. In 1947 a post office opened with Anna Dryer as the first postmaster. By 1952 three businesses served a community of 80. From 1954 through 1961 seven businesses operated at North Cowden. However, all businesses closed before 1964 and the post office followed before 1976. John Clements did not list North Cowden among populated communities of Ector County in 1988, although 1998-1999 Texas Almanac listed a population of 80 at the site. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; North Cowden, Tex, USGS 7.5 topographical map, 1967; Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8; 1952-53 Texas Almanac, 91; 1954-55 Texas Almanac, 118; 1956-57 Texas Almanac, 150; 1958-59 Texas Almanac, 124; 1961-62 Texas Almanac, 213; 1964-65 Texas Almanac, 150; 1966-67 Texas Almanac, 150; 1976-77 Texas Almanac, 202; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 310; John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas Facts, 5th ed. (Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1988), 218. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| North Cowden Deep Oil Field | oilfield | 32.081111, -102.590556 | — | USGS |
| North Cowden Oil Field | oilfield | 32.014722, -102.505833 | — | USGS |
| North House Windmill | locale | 31.702222, -102.792222 | — | USGS |
| North Johnson Well | well | 31.934722, -102.457500 | — | USGS |
| North Kelly Windmill | locale | 31.709444, -102.363056 | — | USGS |
| North Well | well | 32.001389, -102.357500 | — | USGS |
| North Whittenburg Windmill | locale | 31.967778, -102.308611 | — | USGS |
| North Windmill | locale | 31.804167, -102.395556 | — | USGS |
| Northeast Windmill | locale | 31.977222, -102.685278 | — | USGS |
| Northside Church | church | 31.891111, -102.387778 | — | USGS |
| Northwest Lake | lake | 31.991389, -102.562222 | — | USGS |
| Northwest Well | well | 31.954722, -102.746667 | — | USGS |
| Northwest Windmill | locale | 31.966389, -102.553056 | — | USGS |
| Notrees | pop place | 31.917222, -102.755278 | Located 22 miles northwest of Odessa, Texas, on State Highway 302 in western Ector County. The community developed after the discovery of oil in TXL Field on 31 December 1944. The community was known at various times as Caprock, TXL, and Strawberry before Charles E. Brown, a local merchant, petitioned for a post office and selected the descriptive name of Notrees. Reportedly, the town had one native tree before it was destroyed in the construction of a gasoline plant by Shell Oil Company. The post office opened 04 December 1946 and Brown served as the first postmaster. At that time the town consisted of two cafes, one gas station, two welding shops, Brown's grocery store, three company houses, and 85 people. The area thrived as new horizons were added to TXL Field in the 1950s and Notrees continued to serve the oil industry as those horizons were developed in the 1960s and 1970s. Population remained at 85 until 1966 when 338 residents were reported. Over the years, Notrees was the site for ten oil company camps, a grade school, and a recreation hall. The number of businesses fluctuated from seven in the late 1950s to one in the mid-1980s. By the 1980s oil companies abandoned company camps that had provided housing for employees and their families. With improved roads and good transportation, workers were able to live in Odessa and drive to work in Notrees. In 1998 Notrees had many trees, but was still closely tied to oil production. At that time it reported a population of 338, served by four businesses and its post office (zip code 79759). Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8-13; Kathleen E. St. Clair and Clifton R. St. Clair, Little Towns of Texas (Jacksonville, TX: by authors, 1982), 657-658; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, page 144 listed Notrees for first time; 1949-1950 Texas Almanac, 116; 1956-1957 Texas Almanac, 150; 1966-1967 Texas Almanac, 150; 1980-1981 Texas Almanac, 202; 1984-1985 Texas Almanac, 361; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 311; John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas Facts, 5th ed. (Dallas: Clements Research, Inc., 1988), 218. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Number One Windmill | locale | 31.772222, -102.720000 | — | USGS |
| Number Two Windmill | locale | 31.772222, -102.629167 | — | USGS |
| Odessa | pop place | 31.845556, -102.367222 | — | USGS |
| Odessa College | school | 31.866111, -102.380833 | — | USGS |
| Odessa Country Club | locale | 31.887778, -102.288889 | — | USGS |
| Odessa Meteor Crater | crater | 31.755833, -102.478333 | — | USGS |
| Odessa-Schlemeyer Field | airport | 31.920556, -102.386944 | — | USGS |
| Old Buchanan Ranch | locale | 31.835278, -102.588333 | — | USGS |
| Old Burkett Windmill | locale | 31.910833, -102.534722 | — | USGS |
| Old Johnson Well | well | 31.840833, -102.576667 | — | USGS |
| Old South Windmill | locale | 31.900833, -102.687500 | — | USGS |
| Pacifie Road Church | church | 31.844444, -102.409167 | — | USGS |
| Pear Tree Windmill | locale | 31.946944, -102.312778 | — | USGS |
| Pease School | school | 31.854444, -102.403056 | — | USGS |
| Penwell | pop place | 31.739722, -102.591111 | — | USGS |
| Penwell Church | church | 31.723611, -102.599167 | — | USGS |
| Permian High School | school | 31.886944, -102.357222 | — | USGS |
| Plover Lake | lake | 31.961667, -102.545833 | — | USGS |
| Polyantha Park | park | 31.873056, -102.375278 | — | USGS |
| Prairie Dog Lake | lake | 31.960278, -102.535556 | — | USGS |
| Prairie Dog Windmill | locale | 31.701111, -102.436111 | — | USGS |
| Prairie Home | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located 23 miles southwest of Odessa, Texas, and less than two miles north of the Crane County line in southwestern Ector County. The community began as a section house on the Texas & Pacific railroad when its tracks were extended into the county in 1881. H. C. Anderson requested a post office at Prairie Home in 1908, stating that it was to supply about 75 community residents. His petition mentioned the expected arrival of other settlers who would increase the number of post office patrons. On 15 January 1909 the post office opened and Anderson became the first postmaster. Prairie Home continued as a post office until 30 April 1913 when the office was moved to Judkins, Texas, about ten miles to the northeast and also on the railroad. Apparently, the expected new settlers never came and the community faded into oblivion. Sources: Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), map on page 3 shows early communities of Ector County; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; Wylene Kirk, "Early Post Offices and Towns in the Permian Basin Area," in The Texas Permian Historical Annual 1:1 (Aug 1961), 11-21; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 91; 1912 Texas Almanac, 103; listed Prairie Home in Ector County, but gave no population; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 132. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Prairie Home Windmill | locale | 31.660833, -102.741111 | — | USGS |
| Progressive Park | park | 31.851944, -102.365278 | — | USGS |
| Ratliff Oil Field | oilfield | 31.964722, -102.367778 | — | USGS |
| Ratliff Ranch | locale | 31.955278, -102.352500 | — | USGS |
| Reagen School | school | 31.871111, -102.347500 | — | USGS |
| Red Lakes | lake | 31.789722, -102.684722 | — | USGS |
| Red Tank | reservoir | 31.858056, -102.739167 | — | USGS |
| Registered Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.905278, -102.596111 | — | USGS |
| Rich Uncle Windmill | locale | 32.018611, -102.616667 | — | USGS |
| Rock Hill Shopping Center | locale | 31.858333, -102.358611 | — | USGS |
| Rodman Ranch | locale | 31.730833, -102.383333 | — | USGS |
| Ross School | school | 31.892778, -102.371389 | — | USGS |
| Royalty Park | park | 31.856667, -102.347500 | — | USGS |
| Rusk School | school | 31.837778, -102.367500 | — | USGS |
| Saint Asbury Church | church | 31.878056, -102.337778 | — | USGS |
| Saint Johns Church | church | 31.838056, -102.388333 | — | USGS |
| Saint Lukes Church | church | 31.887500, -102.363889 | — | USGS |
| San Houston School | school | 31.877778, -102.379722 | — | USGS |
| San Jacino Park | park | 31.857222, -102.392778 | — | USGS |
| San Jacinto School | school | 31.856389, -102.390278 | — | USGS |
| Sand Windmill | locale | 31.741389, -102.763611 | — | USGS |
| Scharbauer City | pop place | 32.023611, -102.430000 | Located 1.5 miles west of Gardendale, Texas, at the intersection of State Highway 158 and U. S. Highway 285 in northeastern Ector County. It was named for a local ranching family and developed before 1947 after the opening of several oil fields in northern Ector County. From 1949 through 1958 the community reported a population of 20 and one business. After 1960 and through 1998 the population remained at 20, but the store had closed. No school or post office was found at Scharbauer City. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986; Gardendale, Tex, USGS 7.5 topographical map, 1968; Robert L. Phifer, Petroleum Review: Ector County, Texas (Houston: Phifer Petroleum Publications, 1955), 8-13; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, 146; 1961-62 Texas Almanac, 215; 1998-99 Texas Almanac, 314; John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas Facts, 5th ed. (Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1988), 218, did not list Scharbauer City among the unincorporated communities of Ector County. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Sheep Camp Windmill | locale | 31.656944, -102.314722 | — | USGS |
| Sherwood Park | park | 31.891111, -102.373333 | — | USGS |
| Sherwood Shopping Center | locale | 31.886111, -102.371389 | — | USGS |
| Shipping Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.817778, -102.352500 | — | USGS |
| Sid Richardson | locale | 31.776667, -102.496667 | — | USGS |
| Simms Tank | reservoir | 31.662778, -102.455833 | — | USGS |
| Simms Windmill | locale | 31.679167, -102.458611 | — | USGS |
| Six Section Windmill | locale | 31.878611, -102.601944 | — | USGS |
| Six Section Windmill | locale | 32.059722, -102.668889 | — | USGS |
| Slator Ranch | locale | 31.936111, -102.719167 | — | USGS |
| Smith Chapel | vanished community | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Was located at an unknown point about twelve miles northwest of Odessa, Texas, in central Ector County. It was the setting for a school and a union church, as implied by its name. In 1906 R. W. Smith and Teague Baker, who owned adjoining ranches in Ector County, determined to provide a school for their community and built an 8- foot-by-10-foot one-room school in Baker's pasture. They hired a teacher for $15 per month, with room and board. In 1908 the two men built a larger school at the cost of $450, but they needed funding to maintain it and decided to turn their ranch school into a public one. The two ranchers and an unidentified cowboy signed a petition for the organization of Baker School District to the county commissioners and held the required election for trustees. They opened the polls from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., but only the three of them came to vote. When they closed the voting, they announced themselves elected trustees and returned the papers to the courthouse the following day. The ungraded school at Smith Chapel in Baker School District No. 5 enrolled only five students with one teacher for a 160-day term in 1907-1908. In 1908-1909 term, the ungraded school had 12 pupils and one teacher. The school continued to hold sessions until 1921 when all Ector County school districts were consolidated into one district with one school in Odessa. No post office existed at Smith Chapel, Texas. Sources: Ed Bartholomew, The Encyclopedia of Texas Ghost Towns (Ft. Davis: Privately published, 1982), 96; State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Ector County, Texas, revised 01 Nov 1986, labeled the Smith triangulation point, east of Farm Road 1936 and west of U.S. Loop 385; Tracy Byers, "History of Education in Ector County," Odessa, Texas (n.p.: Texas Permian Historical Society, 1961), 21-23; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 179. | USGS & Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
| Solo | locale | 31.880000, -102.297222 | — | USGS |
| South Burkett Windmill | locale | 31.888611, -102.517500 | — | USGS |
| South Cowden Oil Field | oilfield | 31.743611, -102.431944 | — | USGS |
| South Cowden Oil Field | oilfield | 31.767500, -102.403889 | — | USGS |
| South Cowden Ranch | locale | 31.702222, -102.309167 | — | USGS |
| South Kelly Windmill | locale | 31.705833, -102.363889 | — | USGS |
| South Side Community Park | park | 31.833333, -102.366111 | — | USGS |
| South Well | well | 31.936389, -102.364167 | — | USGS |
| South Windmill | locale | 31.789444, -102.390833 | — | USGS |
| South Windmill | locale | 32.009444, -102.576667 | — | USGS |
| South Windmill | locale | 31.957778, -102.464722 | — | USGS |
| South Windmill | locale | 31.999167, -102.699444 | — | USGS |
| Southeast Windmill | locale | 31.933889, -102.330000 | — | USGS |
| Southwest Windmill | locale | 31.904167, -102.717222 | — | USGS |
| Steel Rim Windmill | locale | 31.756389, -102.651667 | — | USGS |
| Steel Tower Windmill | locale | 32.073056, -102.431389 | — | USGS |
| Sunset Memorial Gardens | cemetery | 31.885556, -102.297778 | — | USGS |
| Sweetwater Windmill | locale | 31.670278, -102.480000 | — | USGS |
| T X L Oil Field | oilfield | 31.910833, -102.741944 | — | USGS |
| Terry Windmill | locale | 32.041389, -102.735833 | — | USGS |
| Three Section Windmill | locale | 32.063056, -102.650000 | — | USGS |
| Town And Country Shopping Center | locale | 31.876111, -102.348611 | — | USGS |
| Travis School | school | 31.831389, -102.359167 | — | USGS |
| Turnbaugh Corner | pop place | 31.979722, -102.682222 | — | USGS |
| Ward Windmill | locale | 32.047778, -102.482222 | — | USGS |
| West Buchanan Well | well | 31.835278, -102.617500 | — | USGS |
| West Burkett Windmill | locale | 31.885278, -102.552222 | — | USGS |
| West Eight Section Windmill | locale | 31.728333, -102.320000 | — | USGS |
| West Nine Section Windmill | locale | 31.763056, -102.336667 | — | USGS |
| West Park Church | church | 31.848611, -102.398611 | — | USGS |
| West Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.797222, -102.371111 | — | USGS |
| West Section Windmill | locale | 31.949444, -102.328611 | — | USGS |
| West Williams Windmill | locale | 31.676667, -102.298056 | — | USGS |
| West Windmill | locale | 31.661667, -102.338056 | — | USGS |
| West Windmill | locale | 31.714444, -102.403056 | — | USGS |
| West Windmill | locale | 31.922500, -102.716944 | — | USGS |
| West Windmill | locale | 31.960278, -102.561389 | — | USGS |
| West Windmill | locale | 31.990278, -102.474167 | — | USGS |
| West Windmill | locale | 32.010278, -102.310278 | — | USGS |
| Westridge Church | church | 31.846111, -102.479444 | — | USGS |
| White Horse Tank | reservoir | 31.839167, -102.778889 | — | USGS |
| Willow Well | well | 31.933889, -102.488056 | — | USGS |
| Willow Well | well | 32.001667, -102.299722 | — | USGS |
| Windmill Number Eight | locale | 32.066944, -102.339722 | — | USGS |
| Windmill Number Nine | locale | 32.057222, -102.395000 | — | USGS |
| Windmill Number Seven | locale | 32.071667, -102.302778 | — | USGS |
| Windmill Number Sixtyeight | locale | 32.047500, -102.362778 | — | USGS |
| Windmill Number Twelve | locale | 32.068889, -102.463333 | — | USGS |
| Windmill Number Twentythree | locale | 32.033056, -102.446389 | — | USGS |
| Wolford Well | well | 31.885000, -102.459167 | — | USGS |
| Woodson Park | park | 31.843056, -102.350000 | — | USGS |
| Yarbrough Allen Oil Field | oilfield | 31.680833, -102.738611 | — | USGS |
| Zavala School | school | 31.831389, -102.377500 | — | USGS |
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