Lockney

Founded in 1889 by settlers from Della Plain seeking a better water source, Lockney is at the junction of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe railroads, US 70, and Farm roads 97 and 378, in west central Floyd County.

Lockney thrived as a center for trade and education in its early years. The Practical Business School was started by A.F. Reagan in 1906. A newspaper, variously named, was published from before 1900 until 1972.

The population was 2,141 in 1960; 2,094 in 1970, when the town had seventy-five businesses; and 2,334 in 1980, when citizens supported seventy-two businesses, five schools, many churches, and a rest home. Plants include a birdhouse manufacturing company and several agricultural implements and oilfield equipment companies, including the only factory for wooden sucker rods in Texas.

In 1990 the population was 2,207.

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