American, Irish, English, German, and Italian ancestries are present in this municipality of more than 1.5 square miles of land and elevated 3025 feet above sea level. Neighboring with Ransom Canyon, Slaton, Idalou, Lubbock, Lorenzo, Wilson, and New Deal; this community on FM 174 was settled back in the 1860s when this soils were not green, fertile, or well irrigated. Served by the Midway Independent School District and the Bellevue Independent School District, this territory is attended by Highland Medical Center, IHS Hospital at Lubbock, and Covenant Children Hospital.