Official Name: | Goodnight, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Goodnight |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Armstrong |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 3,150 |
Coordinates: | 35.0344°N -101.1864°W |
Area Code: | 806 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1358160 |
Goodnight is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. The community is part of the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2000, the population was 18.[1]
Goodnight was named for pioneer rancher Charles Goodnight.[2] [1]
A folk-rock band called Goodnight, Texas was named after the town of Goodnight, located directly between their hometowns of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and San Francisco, California. The band had performed in town three times as of 2017.[3]
The Charles and Mary Ann (Molly) Goodnight Ranch House is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
Goodnight is located on U.S. Highway 287 at the edge of the Llano Estacado,[1] 14miles southeast of Claude and 40miles southeast of Amarillo[5] in northeastern Armstrong County.
Goodnight's first school was established in 1891, with Goodnight College operating from 1898 through 1917. The school was run in cooperation with the local Baptist church.[1] Today, the community is served by the Clarendon Independent School District.