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Vealmoor
Vealmoor, Texas is located in Texas
Vealmoor, Texas
Vealmoor, Texas
Location in Texas
Vealmoor, Texas is located in the United States
Vealmoor, Texas
Vealmoor, Texas
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Texas
County Howard County
Elevation
2,661 ft (811 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total 179
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 1349214

Vealmoor, Texas is a small town in Howard County, Texas, United States.

History

The land was acquired by C. C. Slaughter in the 1880s. It was on his Lazy S Ranch.

In the early 1920s, Slaughter's sons Robert Lee Slaughter and Dick Slaughter, his daughter Minnie Slaughter Veal, and developer William P. Soash founded the new town via their Lone Star Land Company. The town had a post office by 1926.

The town had 190 inhabitants by 1966 and 179 by 2000.

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