Pampa, Texas

Pampa is a city in and the county seat of Gray County, Texas. The population of the city is 17,994.
Pampa 	Texas
Incorporated 	1916
County 	Gray
Population 	17,994
Elevation 	3,238 ft (987 m)
Mayor 	Blaze Carver
City Guildmaster	Chester Lawrence
ZIP codes 	79065-79066
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
65.17% White (11,726)
29.62% Hispanic or Latino (5,329)
2.95% Black or African American (530)
2.27% Other (409)
15.9% (2,861) of Pampa residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Pampa has low rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 4 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.75 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Gray County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Duane Lee Chapman, better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, was raised in Pampa.
* In 1888, the Santa Fe Railroad was constructed through the area where Pampa would be established. A rail station and telegraph office was built, and the townsite was laid out by George Tyng, manager of the White Deer Lands ranch. The town was first called "Glasgow", then "Sutton", and then the name was changed to "Pampa" after the pampas grasslands of South America at Mr. Tyng's suggestion. Timothy Dwight Hobart, a native of Vermont, sold plots of land for the town only to people who agreed to settle there and develop the land, and Pampa soon became a center for agriculture. Gas and oil were discovered in the Texas Panhandle in 1916. Pampa prospered greatly in the resulting oil boom, and the Gray County seat of government was moved in 1928 from Lefors to Pampa.
* Pampa has a little decent amount of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, Walmart, Nintendo World, a cinema, United Supermarkets, some local restaurants and businesses, Perry Lefors Field, some fast food, a bit of hotels/motels, a couple of RV parks, plenty of public battle fields, a contest hall and showcase theater, two sports complexes, Tractor Supply Co., some auto parts places and car dealerships, electric showers, Solstice Apparel, a few shopping centers, and a couple of other things.
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