Tell, Texas
Unincorporated community in Childress County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Tell
Tell is an unincorporated community in southwestern Childress County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 15 in 2000.
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How Tell is governed
Tell 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 Childress County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Tell does have local officials.
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Residents of Tell
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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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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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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Citizen advisory bodies, such as planning, zoning appeals and library boards.
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Presides over the municipal court.
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History
1887 saw the founding of Tell. Tell-Tale Flat was the subsequent name after Lee. Belle Garrison, the postmistress, opened the first post office in her dugout home in 1888. Federal postal officials abbreviated the name to Tell in 1905. The following year, Jim Fox had a grocery and drugstore, R. A. Hawkins constructed the first cotton gin, and Richard A. Sandifer operated a general store. Four churches and numerous other businesses had been founded by 1916. The Tell State Bank was in operation from 1916 to 1934, when it amalgamated with the Childress State Bank. Tell gradually lost most of its enterprises to other factors and improved transportation facilities. Tell operated two churches, a store, and a cotton gin by 1984. The population declined throughout the rest of the 20th century and ended at 15 in 2000. Its population in 1984 was 59, which went up to 63 in 1990. The population was reported as 32 in 2010, then 20 in 2019.
Although it is unincorporated, Tell has a post office with the ZIP code 79259.
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