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Muleshoe
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city and county seat of Bailey County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Bailey
- Mayor
- Colt Ellis
- City manager
- Ramon Sanchez
- City secretary
- Zanea Carpenter
- Police chief
- Gary R. McHone
- Total
- 3.43 sq mi (8.89 km )
- Land
- 3.43 sq mi (8.89 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 3,793 ft (1,156 m)
- Density
- 1,503.3/sq mi (580.43/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 48-49968
- Website
- City Website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Muleshoe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bailey County
- Population
- 5160
- Area
- 8.886172
- Elevation
- 1156
- Capital of
- Bailey County
- Official website
- www.city-of-muleshoe.com
- Image
- Bailey County Texas Courthouse 2019.jpg
- Households
- 1619
- Dialing code
- 806
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- postal code
- 79347
- Commons category
- Muleshoe, Texas
- inception
- 1913-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 23391
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Encyclopedic overview
Muleshoe is a city in Bailey County, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1913, when the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway built an 88-mile (142 km) line from Farwell, Texas, to Lubbock through northern Bailey County. In 1926, Muleshoe was incorporated. As of the 2020 census, Muleshoe had a population of 5,160. The county seat of Bailey County, it is home to the National Mule Memorial.
The Muleshoe Heritage Center commemorates the importance of ranching to West Texas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muleshoe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.