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Dalhart, the county seat of Dallam County, straddles the border of Dallam and Hartley counties in the northwest corner of the Texas Panhandle. The original settlement was platted early in 1901 by W. J. Blair and Charles W. Thornton when the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway built west from Liberal, Kansas, and crossed the Fort Worth and Denver City line. The site of the crossing was known for a time as Twist Junction. J. H. Conlen supervised the laying of the Rock Island tracks and made an old boxcar into a section house on the site. Later the settlement was named Denrock, a combination of the names of the two railroads. In 1901 Robert B. Edgell named his new newspaper the Denrock Sun. But when postal authorities objected, the town adopted the name Dalhart, combining the first syllables of the names of the two counties in which it is located.
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Area Schools and Colleges
- Dalhart ISD
- Hartley ISD
- St. Anthony Catholic School
- Dalhart Christian Academy
- Frank Phillips College
- West Texas A&M University
- Amarillo College
- Wayland Baptist University
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Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital District is a special taxing unit subject to Texas Truth in Taxation requirements. Annual tax rate notices and related documents are posted here.
2025 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE: Click Here
2025 PROPOSED TAX RATE BOARD APPROVAL: Click Here
A long-term care ombudsman helps residents of a nursing facility and residents of an assisted living facility resolve complaints. Help provided by an ombudsman is confidential and free of charge. To speak with an ombudsman, a person may call the toll-free number 1-800-252-2412.
Sec. 181.105. REQUIRED INFORMATION REGARDING CONSUMER ACCESS TO HEALTH RECORDS AND COMPLAINTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a covered entity shall prominently post on the entity's Internet website and at any entity facility detailed instructions for a consumer to:
(1) request the consumer's health care records from the entity;
(2) contact the disciplinary or licensing authority for the covered entity; and
(3) file a consumer complaint as described by Section 181.103.
(b) This section does not apply to a covered entity that conducts claims processing, data processing, data analysis, utilization review, or billing on behalf of another covered entity that provides health care services directly to consumers.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 650 (H.B. 4224), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.