Where is midkiff texas

Texas Almanac — Texas Almanac Places: Communities. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. Midkiff zip , Texas. Unemployment Rate. Median Income. Median Home Price. Median Age. Comfort Index Climate. Recent job growth is Positive. Midkiff zip jobs have increased by 2. East Texas. Central Texas North. Central Texas South. Texas Panhandle. South Texas. Texas Hill Country. The store had a post office named Midkiff and the area's only telephone with wires strung 30 miles to Midland along a barbed wire fence.

A school also operated briefly in nearby Dameron City, serving ranching families until about The Midkiff area remained sparsely settled until the discovery of oil here in An oil field camp developed into a town called Hadacol Corner with a motel, cafes and other businesses. Oil exploration in the nearby Spraberry Field continued, and in the town had hundreds of active wells.

That year the town received a post office and revived the name of Midkiff, this time in Upton County. Since the s, area children have ridden a bus 75 miles round trip to school in the county seat of Rankin. At its peak, the town had four churches, although St. Thomas Catholic Church is the only active congregation today.