Skellytown, Texas
Skellytown, Texas | |
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A restored Skelly filling station on Main Street in Skellytown. | |
Location of Skellytown, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 35°34′16″N 101°10′23″W / 35.57111°N 101.17306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Carson |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • City Council | Mayor Amanda Dickerson Mayor Pro-Tem Cameron Davis Marcy Ruth Reva Williams Sherry Miles |
| • City Secretary | Valarie Ball |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.53 sq mi (1.37 km2) |
| • Land | 0.53 sq mi (1.37 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,281 ft (1,000 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 394 |
| • Density | 740/sq mi (290/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 79080 |
| Area code | 806 |
| FIPS code | 48-68120 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413293 |
| Website | www |
Skellytown is a town in Carson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 394 at the 2020 census, down from 473 at the 2010 census. Located in the Texas Panhandle, it is part of the Amarillo metropolitan area. In 1926, Skelly Oil Company purchased a 320-acre (130 ha) lease from Henry Schafer, a local rancher on whose land the Roxana oil pool was located. Schafer platted a new townsite, which he named "Skelly" in honor of the company's founder and president, William Grove Skelly of Tulsa, Oklahoma.