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Lamesa Farm Workers Community

Lamesa Farm Workers Community, a historic site in Texas
Lamesa Farm Workers Community, a historic site in TexasLarry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0

Lamesa Farm Workers Community is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 906 m. The nearest named place is Dawson County, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 20 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles.

The story

The Lamesa Farm Workers Community Historic District in Los Ybanez in Dawson County, Texas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is a 50 acres (20 ha) historic district which included 32 contributing buildings. It includes a number of farm worker houses, a number of 60 by 22 feet (18.3 m × 6.7 m) quadruplex shelters, a community center, a manager's house, a liquor store, a water tank, and other structures. It is located about 1 mile north of the junction of US 87 and US 180 in Los Ybanez.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q55616531, matched on coordinates and name (265 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2010
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates32.71744, -101.92036

34 named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 15
  • Caprock Escarpment: 10.5 mi
  • Caprock Escarpment: 11.0 mi
  • Caprock Escarpment: 11.2 mi
  • Caprock Escarpment: 11.3 mi
  • Caprock Escarpment: 11.7 mi
Parks: 9
  • Forrest Park: 1.8 mi
  • Akron Street Park: 2.0 mi
  • Ninth Street Park: 2.6 mi
  • Lamesa Baseball & Softball Park: 2.6 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 7
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2720:00
June solstice06:4120:2320:59
September equinox07:3719:1319:46
December solstice07:4717:0917:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414552617078807972625042
Precip in0.60.71.00.92.12.41.51.62.91.41.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lamesa 1 SSE, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12403578129

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