Higgins, Texas
Higgins is a small city in Lipscomb County, in the far northeastern corner of the Texas Panhandle near the Oklahoma line, about 123 miles northeast of Amarillo. It sits on the High Plains amid short-grass prairie and cattle-ranching country, and grew up as a railroad and stock-shipping town. Higgins is remembered in Texas history for the catastrophic tornado of April 1947, one of the deadliest to strike the Panhandle, which destroyed much of the town.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 353
- Change from 2020 base
- -2.5%
- Land area
- 1.1 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Lipscomb County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Lipscomb County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
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County context
What to know around Higgins
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Higgins.
Local History
Lipscomb County Grew from Open-Range Cattle Ranches
Lipscomb County was carved from the Texas Panhandle in 1876, and its first economy was dominated by large cattle operations before wheat farming and later oil changed the land.
Property Tax
Property Tax Has Two Separate Offices Here
Lipscomb County splits property tax duties between two offices in two different towns.
Upland Birds
Panhandle Upland Bird Hunting in Lipscomb County
Lipscomb County is Panhandle bird country: TPWD lists pheasant and quail seasons here, with an upland game bird endorsement required.
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