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Potter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 118,525. [1] Its county seat is Amarillo. [2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1887. [3]
The Amarillo metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in the Texas Panhandle that covers five counties: Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall, and Oldham. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 268,691.
Amarillo (/ ˌ æ m ə ˈ r ɪ l oʊ / [6] AM-ə-RIL-oh; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Potter County.It is the 16th-most populous city in Texas and the most populous city in the Texas panhandle. [7]
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The current-day Globe-News is a combination of several newspapers previously published in Amarillo. One began on November 4, 1909, as a prohibition publication by the Baptist deacon Dr. Joseph Elbert Nunn (1851 – 1938). In 1916, Nunn turned the Amarillo Daily News into a general newspaper.
FirstBank Southwest Tower is a 374-foot (114 m), 31-story building located in Amarillo, Texas, United States. Formerly known as SPS Tower, Bank One Center, Chase Tower, and Amarillo Tower, it is the tallest building in Amarillo and the West Texas region. The building used to be the home of the Amarillo branch of American National Bank.
Amarillo Creek is a creek in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County. [1] The creek comprises Eastern and Western branches, with the mouth being on the Canadian River. The yellow banks of the river, and the nearby Amarillo Lake inspired the name of the city after the Spanish word "yellow”. [2] [3]