Hartley, Texas
Census-designated place in the United States in Hartley County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Hartley
Hartley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hartley County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hartley had a population of 382.
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How Hartley is governed
Hartley appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Hartley County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Hartley does have local officials.
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Residents of Hartley
Registered voters elect the officials below.
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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City Manager / Administrator
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The professional administrator who runs day-to-day operations (in some cities appointed by the council instead of the mayor).
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Police Chief
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Leads the police department.
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Fire Chief
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Leads the fire and emergency services department.
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Public Works Director
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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Finance Director
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Planning & Zoning Director
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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Parks & Recreation Director
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Parks, programs, and public facilities.
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City Council
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The elected body that passes ordinances, sets the tax rate and approves the budget.
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City Clerk
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Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.
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City Attorney
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The city's lawyer; advises officials and prosecutes ordinance violations.
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Boards & Commissions
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Citizen advisory bodies, such as planning, zoning appeals and library boards.
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Municipal Court
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Municipal Judge
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Presides over the municipal court.
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Population over time
From 540 in 2010 to 382 in 2020 (−29.3%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 382 |
| 2010 | 540 |
History
In 1832, John Charles Beales and Jose Manuel Royella were granted the section where Hartley is now located under colonization laws of Mexico and Texas. They represented the Arkansas and Texas Land Company, but they failed to colonize this territory and they forfeited their rights.
In 1875, the Texas Legislature passed an act which allowed contractors to clear one mile of the Sabine, Angeline, and Neches Rivers, and the Pine Island Bayou in exchange for land grants. The contractors were required to survey the land, return field notes to the land commissioner, and request him to number the sections. The contractors then received a deed to the uneven numbered sections, with the state retaining the even-numbered ones as school lands. The field notes of Beaty, Seale, and Forwood were filed November 17, 1875. The only other deeds registered in the county prior to 1884 were those of the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad, Brooks and Burleson, Gunter and Burleson, and W.M. Lee. On July 1, 1888, Beaty, Seale, and Forwood sold Section 23 to James A. Hudson of Logan County, Illinois, and John A. Lutz of New York for $10,000.00 (equivalent to $358,333 in 2025). They sold the right-of-way to the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad July 1, 1888.
Many changes occurred in a very short time. Handbills were distributed throughout the eastern and southern states by the owners who were anxious to turn Hartley into a booming metropolis. Section 23 was plotted into lots and registered with the Land Commissioner of Texas. A tent city came into being and grew rapidly, as people came with high expectations and determination to make for themselves a new life in a new land.
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