| Official Name: | Tankersley |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tom Green |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2011 |
| Coordinates: | 31.3497°N -100.6433°W |
| Area Code: | Area code 325 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1369595 |
Tankersley, also known as Tankersly and MacGrath, is an unincorporated community in west-central Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Tankersley is located on U.S. Route 67, Farm to Market Road 2335 and a BNSF Railway line.
Tankersley was named for Richard Franklin Tankersly, who donated the land for the community. A post office opened in Tankersley in 1910 and closed in 1963. The community's population reached 75 in 1946, but fell to 20 by 1953; its population remained at 20 in 1990. By 1980, the community still contained a school, a cemetery, and the West Texas Boys Ranch.[1] In 2003, a FedEx Cessna Caravan crashed on a plot of land belonging to the West Texas Boys Ranch.[2]
Residents are within the San Angelo Independent School District.[3] Residents are zoned to Lamar Elementary School,[4] Glenn Middle School, and Central High School.[5]
In 1933, a school in Tankersley had 83 students and three teachers. The school was indicated in the 1936 county highway map. In the 1980s, the Tankersly–Twin Mountain School remained in the area.[1]
Residents of the West Texas Boys Ranch are enrolled in the Irion County Independent School District.[6]