Goodnight, Texas
Goodnight is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. It is located on U.S. Highway 287 and was named for pioneer rancher Charles Goodnight.[1]
The community is part of the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2000, the population was 18. [2]
A folk rock band called Goodnight, Texas was named after the town of Goodnight, located 1415 miles directly between their hometowns of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and San Francisco, California. The band has performed in town 3 times as of 2017.[3]
References
- Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 58.
- Goodnight, Texas in the Handbook of Texas Online
- Goodnight, Texas Bio Biography of Goodnight, Texas: Tallest Man Records
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