Glazier, Texas

Coordinates: 36°0′49″N 100°16′13″W / 36.01361°N 100.27028°W / 36.01361; -100.27028
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Glazier, Texas
UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID2805788[1]

Glazier is an

ZIP code of the post office in Canadian.[3][4]

Every structure in Glazier except one house and the town's jail was destroyed by a

violent tornado on April 9, 1947, and 17 people were killed.[5][6][7]

It is in the Canadian Independent School District.[8]

Climate

According to the

Köppen Climate Classification system, Glazier has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[9]

Gallery

  • Glazier 1904–1918.
    Glazier 1904–1918.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glazier, Texas
  2. ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 98.
  3. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  5. ^ "The Panhandles' Only F5: Reconstructing the April 9, 1947 Higgins-Glazier Tornado". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Top Ten US Killer Tornadoes". Archived from the original on December 1, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
  7. ^ Associated Press, "Fear Casualty List to Grow; Towns Afire: Texas Village Razed", Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Thursday 10 April 1947, Volume CVI, Number 86, Section 1, Page 1.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 26, 2022. - Text list
  9. ^ Climate Summary for Glazier, Texas