10 Small Texas Towns That Still Feel Like the 1970s — Nothing's Changed

10 Small Texas Towns That Still Feel Like the 1970s — Nothing's Changed Most Texas towns changed and kept changing. These ten didn't. Out in the Texas Panhandle and the plains, there are small towns where you can name the precise year the clock stopped: the year a highway moved, a railroad faded, a population peaked, or a founder made one decision that outlasted him by a century. This is not a Texas ghost towns video. Every town here is still open for business. We're counting backward from 1985 to 1878 through forgotten Texas towns most people only ever see through a windshield — historic Texas courthouses, a hotel that has never closed since 1927, a movie theater still running since 1937, and one Route 66 building that ended up in a Pixar film. If you love Texas history, small town Texas life, or the vanishing rural Texas of the Panhandle, this one is for you. LIKE if you'd still move to a town like this COMMENT: what year did YOUR hometown stop? SUBSCRIBE for weekly Texas history and small town Texas documentaries CHAPTERS 00:00 Every Town Has a Year 02:10 No. 10 – Shamrock, Wheeler County (1985) 04:25 No. 9 – Crosbyton, Crosby County (1976) 06:40 No. 8 – Floydada, Floyd County (1970) 08:55 No. 7 – Seymour, Baylor County (1968) 11:10 No. 6 – Matador, Motley County (1966) 13:40 Crossing Out of Living Memory 14:20 No. 5 – Quanah, Hardeman County (1950) 17:00 No. 4 – Childress, Childress County (1937) 19:20 No. 3 – Wellington, Collingsworth County (1931) 21:35 No. 2 – Turkey, Hall County (1927) 24:00 No. 1 – Clarendon, Donley County (1878) 25:40 Why All Ten Stopped 📚 SOURCES Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/e... Texas Historical Commission, Texas Time Travel: https://texastimetravel.com/cities/tu... Texas Highways Magazine: https://texashighways.com/travel/turk... #TexasHistory #SmallTownTexas #TexasPanhandle #ForgottenTexas #TexasTowns