Official Name: | Sipe Springs, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Sipe Springs |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Comanche |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1,440 |
Coordinates: | 32.0907°N -98.7842°W |
Area Code: | 325 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1379082 |
Sipe Springs (pronounced "seep") is an unincorporated community located in Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 75 in 2000.
Sipe Springs also had an opera house and its own baseball team.[1]
A horse named Royal King was owned at the time of registration by Whiteside and Albin here.[2]
Sipe Springs is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1477 and 587 on Sipe Springs Branch, 17miles northwest of Comanche in northwestern Comanche County.[3] It is also located 40miles southwest of Stephenville and 16miles west of De Leon.[1]
Sipe Springs' first schools were built in 1873 and 1922. In 1937 they had a combined number of 152 students and six teachers, and the schools themselves were split between the Sidney and De Leon Independent School Districts in 1952.[3] Today, the community is served by the De Leon ISD.