About Ropesville, Texas

Ropesville is a city in southeastern Hockley County, where settlement followed the Spade Ranch's opening for colonization in the early 1900s. The townsite was laid out in 1917, and its name recalls rope corrals built by ranch cowboys near the railroad depot. In 2020, the Census Bureau recorded 430 residents.

  • First County SettlementHomesteaders led by Jim Jarrott arrived in 1901, beginning what the Handbook of Texas identifies as Hockley County's first settlement.
  • School and TownsiteThe Ropes school district and the planned townsite both date to 1917.
  • County's First BankOrganized on November 21, 1924, First State Bank was the first bank established in Hockley County.
  • Resettlement ProjectBeginning in 1934, a federal resettlement project eventually covered more than 16,000 acres and supported farms growing cotton, sorghums, and other crops.
  • Population PeakRopesville reached 950 residents and 48 businesses in 1965, after recording 500 residents and 15 businesses in 1930.

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Names on the Ropesville map

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Places and landmarks1

  • Ropesville City Offices

Streets and roads25

  • Boller Road
  • Boller Street
  • FM 41
  • East State Road 41
  • Hockley Street
  • Main Avenue
  • Timmons Avenue
  • Nabors
  • Ranch Street
  • Ellington Avenue
  • Arnett Avenue
  • FM 168
  • Spade Street
  • South Plains Street
  • Carson Avenue
  • Roundup Street
  • Walnut Street
  • Tiger Road
  • Ellwood Street
  • Long Avenue
  • Chestnut Street
  • Boyd Avenue
  • Old FM 41
  • Devitt Street
  • Eagle Road

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The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

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  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

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  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

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Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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