Amarillo is that the fourteenth most thickly settled town within the state of TX, the biggest within the TX Panhandle, and therefore the seat of Potter County. A little of the town extends into Randall County. The population was a hundred ninety,695 at the 2010 census (105,486 in Potter County, and 85,209 in Randall). The city metropolitan space has associate calculable population of 236,113 in four counties. Amarillo, originally named Oneida, is located within the plateau region.
The availability of the railroad and freight service provided by the city and Denver City Railroad contributed to the city’s growth as a cattle marketing Center within the late 19th century. City is that the regional economic center for the TX Panhandle, and is economically important to Eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle. The city was once the self-proclaimed “Helium Capital of the World” for having one of the country’s most productive helium fields.
The city is additionally called “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (as the town takes its name from the Spanish word for yellow), and last “Rotor City, USA” for its V-22 fish eagle hybrid craft manufacturing plant. Amarillo operates one of the largest meat packing areas in the United States. Pantex, the sole nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility within the country, is additionally a significant leader. The attractions Cadillac Ranch and massive Texan cut of meat Ranch square measure placed adjacent to interstate forty. U.S. Road sixty six additionally felt the town.
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