Bledsoe, Texas
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Bledsoe is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in western Cochran County, Texas, United States, located near the New Mexico border. It is approximately 68 miles west of Lubbock. As of the 1990 US Census, the town had a population of 125.
History
Bledsoe was founded in 1925 as the terminus of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, and named for Samuel T. Bledsoe, the line's president.<ref>Template:Handbook of Texas Retrieved 2008-05-19.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The town gained its original prosperity through its function as a cattle-shipping station, and reached its greatest population of 400 in 1930. The Great Depression had dire effect on the community and throughout the remainder of the 20th century the population continued to dwindle; the last recorded figure put the 1990 population at 125.
Education
It is within the Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District. The former Bledsoe Independent School District merged into Whiteface CISD on July 1, 1996.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
Bledsoe first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2010CensusTX/><ref name=2020CensusP2/>
2020 census
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 22 | 39.29% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 34 | 60.71% |
| Total | 56 | 100.00% |