Ranger, Texas

Ranger, Texas
Downtown Ranger, Texas
Downtown Ranger, Texas
Location of Ranger, Texas
Location of Ranger, Texas
Location of Ranger, Texas
Coordinates: 32°28′09″N 98°40′31″W / 32.46917°N 98.67528°W / 32.46917; -98.67528
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyEastland
Area
 • Total7.13 sq mi (18.46 km2)
 • Land7.00 sq mi (18.12 km2)
 • Water0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2)
Elevation1,427 ft (435 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,300
 • Density320/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
76470
Area code254
FIPS code48-60632[3]
GNIS feature ID2411519[2]

Ranger is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,300 at the 2020 census.[4] Ranger College, a community college, is the second-largest employer in the community.

During the 1920s, Ranger, like nearby Cisco, Eastland, and Desdemona, was a petroleum boomtown.[5]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ranger, Texas
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "H. Allen Anderson, "Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad"". tshaonline.org. Retrieved April 19, 2013.

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