TURKEY, Texas (KCBD) – We traveled 100 miles northeast from Lubbock to Hall County bringing us to Turkey for the first time on our third stop of our annual Live Community Coverage Tour!
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History of Turkey
Turkey is home to 317 people, according to the latest census. It was settled as Turkey Roost in 1890, but renamed Turkey about three years later when the post office opened. Today it’s a small but mighty town, defying the notion that people are moving away from small towns.
“In a way we’re pretty unique. We’re a small town with all the small town values, but then we have some big town amenities, but really Turkey is known as a great place to get away. But some people love it enough they end up moving here,” Carley Du Menil, with the Bob Wills Foundation, said…