OLD TOWNS and COMMUNITIES
The Muleshoe Ranch , presently located in Borden
County, was the foundation for the present day town of Muleshoe, which is
the only incorporated town in the county. On February 11, 1918, 76 persons signed
the first successful petition to organize Bailey County. The county courthouse
was constructed in 1925. The county courthouse for Bailey County is located in
beautiful downtown Muleshoe, Texas. Organized farming in the area did not begin
until 1908 and the land was first irrigated in 1909. Large scale irrigation began
in the late 1940's which resulted in Bailey County's current mainstay, farming
and agriculture-related business.
Submitted by WANDA LOVALL former CC, deceased,
Muleshoe Tx.
Communities listed on map of Bailey county
, page 515 of "The TEXAS ALMANAC And State
Industrial Guide, 1952 1953", published by
The Dallas Morning News includes:
PROGESS
on US Hwys. 84 & 70 N.;
MILL
on US Hwy. 84 S.;
BAILEYBORO,
cr north of water fowl refuse ,west of NEEDMORE on Texas 214 south
of MULESHOE;
CIRCLE BACK
on county road east of NEEDMORE.
GOODLAND, ENOCHS
and BULA
on hwy 54 near the Bailey and Cochran county line.
MAPLE
, a few miles south of GOODLAND.
This map shows Coyote Lake and Double Mountain
Fork of the Brazos as the water supply for the county plus states there
is an abundant supply of underground water as well as the rain water lakes
in the Migratory
Water Fowl Refuge.