Hockley County, Texas
Sundown
Fifteen miles southwest of Levelland in southwestern Hockley County, originally part of the C. C. Slaughter ranch. Bob Slaughter derived the name from that of a favorite movie, although some old-timers believe that the choice followed a long discussion among settlers which ended at sundown. Farm tracts were surveyed in 1926, and the town was laid out in 1928. Walter Miller opened the first store in 1929, and T. B. Stone built a gin in 1932. In 1938 R. A. Guthrie became the first postmaster.
Used with permission of the Texas State Historical Association, Denton.
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