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Buffalo Gap’s roots trace back to the early 1870s, when Buffalo Soldiers arrived to hunt the buffalo herds migrating from Montana into Texas. The natural gap in the Callahan Divide provided an ideal passage for these herds, giving the town its name and early identity. According to some sources, Buffalo Gap was founded in 1875—a date proudly ...
Entrance to Buffalo Gap Historic Village in Buffalo Gap, Texas Historic gasoline station at Buffalo Gap Rustic chapel at Buffalo Gap. Buffalo Gap Historic Village is a museum complex of historic buildings in Buffalo Gap, Texas, near Abilene. [2] Elements of the complex are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
The highway is known locally as Texas Avenue in both cities and runs along the eastern boundary of Texas A&M University in College Station. The route was created in 1990 with the re-designation of Loop 507. Loop 507 was designated in 1972 when SH 6 was re-routed along a bypass around Bryan and College Station. [18] Junction list
Buffalo Gap was named county seat. [5] [7] In 1880, the Texas & Pacific Railroad signed an agreement to run tracks through the future city of Abilene. [6] Abilene was established in 1882, and named after Abilene, Kansas. [8] Abilene became the county seat in 1883. [8] A wagon train of 10 Baptist families arrived in the county that year. [5]
The Buffalo Gap Wind Farm is located in Nolan and Taylor Counties, about 20 miles (30 km) south west of Abilene, Texas. It was constructed in three phases and has a total wind generation capacity of 523.3 megawatts (MW). [1]
Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, a town; Buffalo Gap, Texas, a town; Buffalo Gap, Virginia, an unincorporated community and a mountain pass; Buffalo Gap High School, a public high school in Swoope, Virginia named for the nearby gap
Wylie is located approximately five miles southwest of downtown Abilene along FM 89 (Buffalo Gap Road) in the northeastern portion of Taylor County. Wylie is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area , which includes all of Taylor, Jones , and Callahan Counties.
US 90 at Del Rio, TX I-10 at Sonora, TX US 67 / US 87 at San Angelo, TX US 83 / US 84 at Abilene, TX I-20 at Abilene, TX US 82 / US 183 / US 283 at Seymour, TX I-44 / US 281 / US 287 at Wichita Falls, TX US 62 / US 81 / SH-9 at Chickasha, OK: North end: I-44 / US 62 at Newcastle, OK: Location; Country: United States: States: Texas, Oklahoma ...