Slide, Texas

33°24′50″N 101°55′48″W / 33.41389°N 101.93000°W / 33.41389; -101.93000^[1]Country United StatesState TexasCountyLubbockPhysiographic regionLlano EstacadoFounded1890sElevation3,255 ft (992 m)Population • Total44Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code806WebsiteHandbook of Texas

Slide is an unincorporated community in Lubbock County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 44 in 2000. The community is part of the Lubbock metropolitan area.

History

Originally referred to as Block Twenty in the 1890s, W. R. Standefer resurveyed the region in 1903 and found that the majority of inhabitants had moved two miles from their original locations. People "slid" to their areas on the right. Structures were relocated westward, and the occasion was honored in the name. Slide is the second-oldest community in Lubbock County, after Lubbock itself. Jim Rieger, Jim Malroy, J. C. Stanford, J. A. Cannon, and M. L. Williams were among the first settlers. To build their homes, the settlers transported lumber from Colorado City. From 1904 to 1915 and again from 1917 to 1929, the town was served by a post office. The population was estimated unofficially to be 10 in 1942. When the population was 40 in 1961–1962, there were two companies. They closed soon after, but the population remained the same in 1970–71. Between the late 1980s and the year 2000, Slide had 44 residents but no companies.^[2]

Geography

Slide is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1730 and 41, 13 mi (21 km) southwest of Lubbock and 13.5 mi (21.7 km) east of Ropesville in southern Lubbock County.^[3]

Education

The original settlers used the lumber from Colorado City to build a school.^[2] Today, Slide is served by the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District.

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