Official Name: | Vealmoor |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | USA Texas#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Howard County |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 179 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 811 |
Elevation Ft: | 2,661 |
Coordinates: | 32.5206°N -101.5703°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1349214 |
Vealmoor, Texas is a small town in Howard County, Texas, United States.
The land was acquired by C. C. Slaughter in the 1880s.[2] It was on his Lazy S Ranch.[3]
In the early 1920s, Slaughter's sons Robert Lee Slaughter and Dick Slaughter, his daughter Minnie Slaughter Veal, and developer William P. Soash founded the new town via their Lone Star Land Company.[3] The town had a post office by 1926.[2]
The town had 190 inhabitants by 1966 and 179 by 2000.[2]