Twitty, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

35°18′50″N 100°14′10″W / 35.31389°N 100.23611°W / 35.31389; -100.23611CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyWheelerElevation

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2,251 ft (686 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

79090

GNIS feature ID1370382^[1]

Twitty is an unincorporated community in Wheeler County, Texas, United States. It was named after an early settler Asa Twitty.^[2]

It may have been the origin of the stage name of the country singer Conway Twitty.^[3] On the March 30, 1989, episode of Late Night with David Letterman, Conway Twitty stated that he chose his stage last name after seeing Twitty, Texas, on a map.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Twitty, Texas
^ "TSHA | Twitty, TX".
^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "Twitty, Conway". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 3571. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved April 15, 2017.