Boys Ranch, Texas
Unincorporated community & census-designated place in Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the location. For the comic book series, see Boys' Ranch.
Boys Ranch is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northeastern Oldham County, Texas, United States, on the site of the original county seat, Tascosa. It lies along U.S. Route 385, northeast of the city of Vega, the county seat of Oldham County.[2] Although Boys Ranch[3][4] is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 79010.[5] Boys Ranch is a residential community serving boys and girls ages 5 to 18.[6] It was founded in 1939 by Cal Farley for troubled youth and is now a census-designated place. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census with a population of 282. [7]
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Coordinates: 35°32′00″N 102°15′00″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Oldham |
Area | |
• Total | 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2) |
• Land | 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 3,215 ft (980 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 282 |
• Density | 180/sq mi (69/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 79010 |
Area code | 806 |
FIPS code | 48-09796 |
GNIS feature ID | 2586911[1] |
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