Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home has honored the lives of loved ones in and around Abilene since 1933. Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery & Crematory is a quiet place of serene beauty. Our lush landscaped grounds and comforting features make the...
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Parker-Jacobs Funeral Home is a continuation of a long-time Callahan County funeral service tradition started around the turn of the 20th century as Schwartz Furniture and Undertaking Company. Roger "Skip" and Pat Parker assumed ownership in...
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Facts about the city
Buffalo Gap is an incorporated town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 463 at the 2000 census. It is the former county seat of Taylor County, having been supplanted in 1883 by the much larger Abilene to its north. Abilene won the referendum to be the county seat by a vote of 905-269.Buffalo Gap was settled at the site of a natural pass through which bison herds traveled. It was a point on the Great Western Cattle Trail. The community has a few restaurants and art handicraft shops and caters to tourists.Buffalo Gap is the home of the large Buffalo Gap Historic Village, open year-round to visitors.
Buffalo Gap Obituaries
It was noted by Worcester Telegram & Gazette on March 9th, 2014 that Victor P Sr Squiers passed away in Worcester, Massachusetts. Squiers was 94 years old and was born in Buffalo Gap, TX. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Victor P Sr's life.
It was noted by Abilene Reporter-News on March 24th, 2013 that Donald Lee Foster died in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Foster was 83 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Donald Lee's life.
It was written by Abilene Reporter-News on January 15th, 2013 that Kenneth Wayne Roberts passed away in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Roberts was 63 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Kenneth Wayne's life.
It was disclosed by The Daily Oklahoman on July 8th, 2012 that Curtis Herman Johnson passed on in Del City, Oklahoma. Johnson was 85 years old and was born in Buffalo Gap, TX. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Curtis Herman's life.
It was revealed by Abilene Reporter-News on July 8th, 2012 that Mary Frances Waltrip (Graham) perished in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Ms. Waltrip was 84 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Mary Frances's life.
It was revealed by Abilene Reporter-News on June 26th, 2012 that Mary Alice Henson (Judd) died in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Ms. Henson was 88 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Mary Alice's life.
It was revealed by Abilene Reporter-News on May 14th, 2012 that Don William Heinz perished in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Heinz was 84 years old. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Don William's life.
It was noted by Abilene Reporter-News on March 7th, 2012 that Donald Raymond Houlihan passed away in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Houlihan was 58 years old. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Donald Raymond's life.
It was revealed by Abilene Reporter-News on January 28th, 2012 that Arthur Earl Thornton passed away in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Thornton was 86 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Arthur Earl's life.
It was revealed by Abilene Reporter-News on November 29th, 2011 that Helen Joan Lang (Gooch) perished in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Ms. Lang was 80 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Helen Joan's life.
History
In the 1930s, Buffalo Gap had five churches, a park, and farms and habitations along major roads. In the middle 1800s, Marshall G. The Buffalo Gap Highway (Farm Road 89) was surveyed in 1774 and followed the old Center Line Trail, which extended from El Paso, Texas Paso to Texarkana, Texas on the Texas-Arkansas boundary. Abilene won the referendum to be the county seat by a vote of 905-269.http://www.buffalogap.com/baseball/index.html
Buffalo Gap is located at the intersection of Farm-to-Market roads Farm to Market Road 89 and 1835. .
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