Ranger, Texas
| Ranger, Texas | |
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Roaring Ranger Museum
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| Coordinates: 32°28′12″N 98°40′36″W / 32.47000°N 98.67667°WCoordinates: 32°28′12″N 98°40′36″W / 32.47000°N 98.67667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Eastland |
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| • Total | 7.13 sq mi (18.46 km2) |
| • Land | 7.00 sq mi (18.12 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,437 ft (438 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,468 |
| • Density | 353/sq mi (136.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 76470 |
| Area code(s) | 254 |
| FIPS code | 48-60632 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1344793 |
Ranger is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,468 at the 2010 census.Ranger College, a community college, is the second largest employer in the community.
During the 1920s, Ranger, like nearby Cisco, Eastland, and Desdemona, was a petroleum boomtown. At the time, Ranger had railroad service through the since defunct Wichita Falls, Ranger, and Fort Worth Railroad, acquired by the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad, one of the properties of Frank Kell, Joseph A. Kemp, and later Orville Bullington of Wichita Falls, Texas. The Wichita Falls and Southern was abandoned in 1954.
Ranger is located in northeastern Eastland County at 32°28′12″N 98°40′36″W / 32.47000°N 98.67667°W (32.470102, -98.676734).Interstate 20 passes south and east of the city, with access from Exits 349, 351, 352, and 354. I-20 leads east 85 miles (137 km) to Fort Worth and west 65 miles (105 km) to Abilene. Eastland, the county seat, is 10 miles (16 km) to the west.
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