Chapters: Dalhart, Texas, Hartley, Texas, Channing, Texas, Channing Independent School District, Dalhart Independent School District, Lit Ranch, Hartley Independent School District. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dalhart, Texas - Dalhart is located at (36.060856, -102.518656). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.1 km ).None of the area is covered with water. Dalhart is located closer to six other state capitals than to Texas' capital of Austin. In surface mileage (over major highways), Dalhart is 579 miles (932 km) from Austin, but is 263 miles (423 km) from Santa Fe, New Mexico, 343 miles (552 km) from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 348 miles (560 km) from Denver, Colorado, 448 miles (721 km) from Cheyenne, Wyoming, 461 miles (742 km) from Topeka, Kansas, and 540 miles (870 km) from Lincoln, Nebraska. As the "crow flies," Dalhart is 491 miles (790 km) from Austin, but 201 miles (323 km) from Santa Fe, New Mexico, 281 miles (452 km) from Oklahoma City, 289 miles (465 km) from Denver, Colorado, 375 miles (604 km) from Cheyenne, Wyoming, 434 miles (698 km) from Topeka, Kansas, and 458 miles (737 km) from Lincoln, Nebraska. The city also has an impressively prodigious cattle feed lot in its outskirts, which contains thousands upon thousands of cows. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,237 people, 2,779 households, and 1,939 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,686.1 people per square mile (651.3/km ). There were 3,101 housing units at an average density of 722.5/sq mi (279.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 85.44% White, 1.46% African American, 0.79% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 9.96% from other races, and 2.02% from two or more races....More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=151150