Pampa

In 1888 a telegraph station on the Southern Kansas Railroad developed here, and was named Glasgow. Renamed Sutton a year later, a post office was established in 1892 and the town was named Pampa by George Tyng (d. 1906), manager of the White Deer Land Company. Surveyor A. H. Doucette (1884-1964) laid out the town in 1902. The first school opened in 1903 and the first church was organized in 1906. J. N. Duncan (1858-1941) became Pampa's first mayor in 1912. Following a 1920s oil boom, the county seat was moved here from Lefors in 1928.

Pampa is a historical marker in Pampa, Gray County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 18 historical markers documented in Gray County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 30 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 35.5353, -100.9629 near Pampa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pampa City Hall (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Central Fire Station, Pampa City Hall, and Schneider Hotel.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5179003922. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.