Official Name: | Enloe, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Enloe |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Delta |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 495 |
Coordinates: | 33.4328°N -95.6575°W |
Postal Code: | 75441 |
Area Code: | 903 & 430 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1357032 |
Enloe is an unincorporated community in Delta County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 113 in 2000.
The region was first settled in 1888 and incorporated in 1897 upon the construction of a railway stop. 113 people were living there as of 1990 and 2000. It went up to 125 in 2010.[1]
On June 2, 1954, a large, 1000yd F2 tornado killed one and injured eight in Enloe.[2] On January 10, 2020, an EF0 tornado struck Enloe. A couple of small outbuildings were destroyed with debris scattered a few hundred yards downwind in a subtle cyclonic pattern.[3]
Today, there are two museums in Enloe; the Patterson Museum and the Clara Foster Slough Museum.[4] [5]
Enloe is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 2949 and 198, 3miles north of Cooper in north-central Delta County. It also borders a nearby stream, Brushy Creek, to the southwest.