{"id":8152,"date":"2023-09-20T08:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T08:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8152"},"modified":"2026-08-18T00:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:28:39","slug":"oldham-county-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/oldham-county-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldham County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oldham County is a county in Texas, United States, on the Llano Estacado of the Texas Panhandle just west of Amarillo. It had a population of 1,758 at the 2020 census and covers 1,501 square miles (3,890 km2), centred near 35°12′N 102°28′W.<\/p>\n

Vega is the county seat, and its postal code is 79092. The county has one incorporated town, two unincorporated communities recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau, and a scatter of ranch crossings, windmill sites and rail sidings that never grew past a name on the map. Oldham County sits in the Central time zone and carries FIPS code 48359.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Oldham County<\/h2>\n

Vega is the only incorporated town in Oldham County. Wildorado and the Boys Ranch campus are Census Bureau-recognized unincorporated communities. The rest of the list below — crossings, sidings and ranch-headquarters names carried over from the U.S. Geological Survey’s place-name records — are Unincorp. locales with no town government and, in most cases, no year-round population count of their own.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Vega<\/td>\nTown · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adrian<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wildorado<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79098<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boys Ranch<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tascosa<\/td>\nUnincorp. (historic)<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Landergin<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Everett<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boise<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Murdo<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corner Windmill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gruhlkey<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hollicott Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Knoblaw<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Farm Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partwood Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strip Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wimberly Place<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Tascosa is the county’s most historically significant place despite having no residents of its own today: it was the original county seat until the courthouse moved to Vega in 1915, and its former townsite is now occupied by Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n