Hereford (Texas) - city in Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States

Hereford is a city of 14,600 people (2019) in the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle.

Get in

• US 60 passes through town on its way from Canyon to Clovis, New Mexico.
• Highway 385 comes up from San Angelo in the south, and down from Dalhart in the north.

Get around

See

• Deaf Smith County Historical Museum, 400 Sampson St. Tu-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su 2-5PM. Artifacts from the pioneer era, farm and ranch items, American Indian artifacts, guns, photography, and paintings.

Do

Buy

Eat

• The Ranch House, 1201 US-60, +1 806-364-8102. Daily 6AM-2PM. The basic breakfast platter is about $6 and the daily lunch buffet usually featuring chicken fried steak is like $9 (Dec 2021).

Drink

Hereford is known as the "City without a Toothache" because the naturally high level of fluorine in the local tap water helps to prevent tooth decay.

Sleep

• Best Western - Red Carpet Inn, 830 W 1st St, +1 806 364-0540. Clean rooms, complimentary breakfast.
• Holiday Inn Express, 1400 W 1st St, +1 806 364-3322.

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