Roaring Springs, Texas
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| Coordinates: 33°54′3″N 100°51′28″W / 33.90083°N 100.85778°WCoordinates: 33°54′3″N 100°51′28″W / 33.90083°N 100.85778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Motley |
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| • Total | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
| • Land | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,507 ft (764 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 265 |
| • Density | 248.4/sq mi (95.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 79256 |
| Area code(s) | 806 |
| FIPS code | 48-62528 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1366557 |
Roaring Springs is a town in Motley County, Texas, United States. The population was 265 at the 2000 census.
Roaring Springs was originally an Indian campground. At the time of the recapture of Cynthia Ann Parker in Foard County, Roaring Springs was the main Comanche outpost. It was known for the purity of it water. In 1912, the community was laid out in the anticipation of service from the Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, operated by Samuel Lazarus (1855-1926). The name "Roaring Springs" was adopted in 1913, when the railroad initiated service. A brick depot was soon established at the end of Broadway Street and handled passenger and freight traffic until 1971. The next year the depot was purchased by the town.
Verlon Dale Bigham (April 26, 1916–January 8, 2010), a Lubbock businessman, owned the Bigham IX Ranch located near his birthplace in Roaring Springs. His holdings included Anderson Bigham Sheet Metal, which he founded and operated from 1939–1989, and Bigham Brothers Manufacturing, established in 1960 with his late brother, Croft Bigham. He was a past president of the Lubbock and the Red Raider clubs, a former board member of First United Methodist Church in Lubbock, a past director of the Lubbock National Bank, and a member of the Masonic lodge. Bigham died of natural causes at the age of ninety-three. He and his wife, Betty Lou, had three children, Beverly Aderholt, Jerry Bigham, and Don Bigham, who predeceased his father.
Francis Marion Gunter, Jr. (June 23, 1919–July 30, 2012), a native of Willis near Conroe in Montgomery County, Texas, was for thirty-five years the depot agent of the Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railroad, first in Roaring Springs and after 1960 in Floydada. A veteran of the United States Army Air Corps, Gunter served in the South Pacific in World War II and received the Bronze Star and the Distinguished Unit Citation. A Baptist, Gunter is interred at Roaring Springs Cemetery alongside his wife, the former Stella Mae Warren.
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