Spur, Texas ||| population 863 ||| small town, USA

[@UMtiger311]

town looks like a movie set.. and that stadium... I was blown away... great find

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

They could definitely film a movie there!

[@elsancho10001]

That stadium was designed by the Mr Jones who designed the Texas Tech Stadium Red Raiders in Lubbock TX. The seating in the Stadium for Spur is carved on the side of a hill. When you walk in from the top, it is truly an awesome view.

[@lauriecrowsey3171]

Gives a whole new meaning to meet me at the park. Interesting facts about the town. Enjoyed as usual.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha yes! Plenty to choose from 😂

[@yolandaadams5704]

Another fact is Jesse Powell, who is a 2 time Super Bowl champion for the Miami Dolphins and also played on the undefeated Super Bowl team graduated from Spur High! 🎉😮😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice! Thanks for the tidbit!

[@juanitagarcia958]

Wow! Great little town with an interesting history! Love your channel 😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@DSJ1967]

Thank you! This is my hometown. You should see it during Homecoming! I believe we have the best Ex-Student Association in Texas! I graduated in '86. So many memories!!! Went back for Homecoming 2 years ago and you had to be carful of traffic! And the pride of our Bulldogs and Spurettes is out of this WORLD!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

That's great to hear so many people come back - I thought it was a great town to visit!

[@KenBurtner]

What a good tour. The town is really clean and parking not a problem. Thank you..

[@derekace7471]

I believe this town is also the tiny house capital of Texas? I stopped here a couple years ago and snapped a few pictures. I enjoyed it. Awesome video.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I read that too! I didn’t notice them but wasn’t looking that close for them either 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Foxie-b4]

Love this little town! The people are all so friendly and welcoming. Always enjoy visiting, felt right at home from my very first visit, and was welcomed back every time. You didn't visit the museum which has a LOT of history. All Spur Exes have a lot of pride in this town and they have the best Exes program/participation I have ever seen! Love it!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

So nice 😊

[@diane1390]

Those old buildings there in Spur, are really interesting. I'd love to take pictures of that place.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Definitely a great place for that!

[@jerrypevehouse456]

Yes, my hometown has dwindled through the years, but a lot of history there. You didn't mention the cowboy polo field in the park, as the local polo team had been world champions for decades before completely folding around 1980. Used to be 3 or 4 cotton gins operating and at one time at least 10 gas stations. I was lucky to have grown up there while it was still fairly booming.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks for mentioning the cowboy polo - had no idea. Cool!

[@ronalddailey5208]

Another town off my bucket list. Thanks for showing me around

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

You bet!

[@kimballamram552]

Another interesting fact about spur is that Marshall Applewhite from Heaven's Gate was born there. Nice shot of their six man football stadium. There is a KZbin channel that is exclusively about six man football in Texas

[@daisyesparza7390]

I was born in Spur when my dad was working at a local farm 67 years ago!! We visited there a few years ago and bought a Bulldogs tshirt. Why are there absolutely no people as you shot your video? Thanks for the great tour!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you 😊 I was there during Thanksgiving so that’s why it was empty

[@onrycodger]

Wow, what a Cool 😎 place. Spur, TX. I give them two thumbs up 👍👍

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I agree! Very cool place!

[@catherinehope6641]

My sweet mini Aussie was born on a farm in Spur! I will always love Spur for that.

[@Bob-nw7do]

My Great Uncle lived there many years. Nice town 😊

[@theangryangle9050]

Another wonderful video. Thank you for having this channel. Wonderful place to explore.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks for watching the channel!

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

Too bad that so many businesses have closed, but there aren't enough people to keep them opened. Nice, clean town. Lots of nice buildings. The inn was really nice. You can see that those left have pride in keeping the town up, even with so many closed businesses. The schools looked like they are doing well too.

[@MTknitter22]

As the move of many Texans to these type areas to get out of thesprawl of an Amarillo and Lubbock, businesses are going to come.

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

@@MTknitter22 👍

[@travis303]

Texas high school football stadiums can be pretty epic. Some small colleges would be jealous of these stadiums

[@mchantloup5]

The Mesquite Inn is a nice little motel on the main highway in the south edge of town. I see the Dickens County Museum went kaput.

[@jbass5127]

I’m from there, left in 86. Did you have a burrito from Allsups?!Homecoming is a huge deal for Spur other than that it has Chernobyl vibes.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

No burrito, but I bet they have good ones!

[@travis303]

OK, that Back Door Inn, that looks pretty cool

[@PaulP1982]

This was a really cool video! Again; A family of three are your biggest fans overseas. Cheers from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Keep it up John!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much! I’m humbled by your comment 😊

[@robertodebeers2551]

High school football will be huge here. Looks like a pretty nice little town to winter in.

[@rheamelton633]

New pool opening up in Spur for Memorial Day 2024. We also have 5 at least Travel Trailor Parks. Thanks to a boom in business moving in around Spur. Huge solar farm that needed spaces for several hundred employees. And a Bitcoin company coming into Dickens county and their construction crews. The Galaxy Bitcoin Company is building our new pool. The Football Stadium and the Swimming Pool were initially build by the PWA in 1935 which changed its name in 1939 to the WPA. The stadium was also used as a rodeo arena in the 1950’s.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

That’s great to hear! Good luck on a bright future!

[@bertholini2810]

Goodness, that place has more parks than we do, we have 7. Really nice video. Nice weather here, almost 60 and upper 30's at night (very strange for December). Be good, be safe !!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Will do you too!

[@ronfullerton3162]

Must of been some money in the area at one time. The buildings, the football field, the parks, all seem to of pointed to a financial backing. With the wide main street and the big downtown buildings, I would of loved to see what "trade night" was like back in the day. Depending on what night of the week we could get away from the farm, or what things we needed to shop for, the folks would shop different towns in the area on a town's trade night. And especially during the summer months, the town would be full of people bustling around shopping, or standing in groups talking. It was as much a social as a business gathering. Some towns had a band playing in the park or at the end of main street. Sonetimes there were street venders, with the ones with cool drinks being very popular. I do not image many of those small towns have seen that much hustle and bustle since those days have ended. They sure were a fun time to be a kid!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Sounds awesome!

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy It makes me old, but I am happy to of experienced it. It was a real experience from the constant busy farm life. Everyone looked forward to the trip to town. And if the town had an ice cream shop or a root beer stand, there was usually a happy stop on the way home!

[@LTHanlon]

Thanks for the visit to Spur! It's cool you stayed there. Did you see any tiny houses? Spur apparently has tried to attract such residents.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I didn’t see any, but wasn’t exploring around the housing parts as much so it’s possible they were there but I just missed them.

[@elizabethmurray3221]

I remember the news about the Tiny homes in Spur. I read only a few were built and the town voted to change the zoning laws to connect to the grid. Now if they had planned a park, they might have been more successful!

[@DamnTrashModding]

@travelwithawiseguy there are 2 located right beside 2nd street park

[@DamnTrashModding]

@elizabethmurray3221 I wrote the rv ordinances for spur over a year ago, only building code in spur at that time stated to get a free permit voted in by the city council and construction must follow international building code, electricity is self governed only required to follow texas code, no license requirements

[@DamnTrashModding]

Only other ordinance is that it's required to be connected to city utilities water and sewer, they raised the cost to 750 per tap it might be more now

[@travis303]

Thanks for the ditty on the Piani!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

So talented haha

[@peterselten500]

Hi john thanks for the tour nice town i hope it comes back an more people see that small towns are worth moving to . Cheers mate🇦🇺

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I hope so too! Thanks!

[@Han1523yt]

That's a big stadium for a 6 man football team. That inn was also really nice all things considered.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I thought so too!

[@ashtyncornett693]

The man who designed Texas Tech football stadium is the same one who built this one.

[@tomkrzyt]

I am loving such quiet towns.

[@megan7658]

Had to look up my town when you mentioned # of parks. Population of 12k...15 parks! Always thought we had a lot of parks, haha. Interesting video, and I do hope Spur reclaims some of those parks for the people!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I wonder what the normal park per capital is? 😂

[@megan7658]

I have no idea, assuming how diverse USA is, would something like that exist?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Just googled it and found this … The typical park and recreation agency offers one park for every 2,287 residents served, with 10.8 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Spur has one park per 90 residents, or if you take out the RV parks it would be one per 120. At its peak it would’ve been 1 per 300. Interesting!

[@stevemccoy8138]

Too bad so many people have left, like so many towns. Thanks for the tour. 😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Exactly. Nice town!

[@jenniferaubuchon2454]

My family is from spur. I still have family there and we are about to move back there. Awesome video

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

That’s great! I really enjoyed the town!

[@trh2-f7v]

This looks like the street coming into Hamlin Texas..The old Texas towns were built so much alike..

[@billiegutierrez2506]

Another epic adventure love the Inn you stayed at. Too bad they couldn’t kept things up but it goes with the time. Nice ride along stay stay safe

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Appreciate it!

[@arodcheri]

Went here in the 90's with a friend and her family visiting her grandmother and we ended up wreaking her grandmother's truck into the highschool principal brand new truck while yelling at someone running in the school "run forest run!" Yep stupid girls we were but I have an everlasting memory instilled and a scar. The highschool football game was pretty fun too. Small town feel. Fall nights feel so good

[@kenbarkdoll7252]

Beautiful town. I'm guessing that was early morning to catch it emptied out.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It was actually Thanksgiving 😊

[@larryclark4791]

Not much going on, but a clean little town.

[@travis303]

A couple of seats left on the merry-go-round, feel free to take one

[@aliceevans3357]

😂 That's funny right there 😂

[@imarichmultimillionaire5509]

Had family from there. Remember dad telling stories of dust storms and one year temp fell to -17 and years later I saw on the weather channel they were talking about it.

[@hectormoctezuma8072]

El miercoles 8 y jueves 9 de mayo 2024 estuvimos preparando el deck de la alberca publica que esta a lado del estadio,, la semana aiguiente iremos a tirar el cemento,,, viajamos desde Fort Worth Texas

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Good to hear!

[@FixIt1975]

I'm guessing that to remember a teeter totter, you must be near my age, though probably a little younger. Remember the bars, and the jungle gym and all the stuff kids now aren't allowed to play with? When you fall and crack your head open, you learn to not do that again. We didn't have bike helmets, knee pads, we drank out of the hose and played in the woods. I gave myself some good injuries when i was younger 😂😂😂

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂

[@sueelliott3206]

Nice little town. Hopefully it can rebuild itself back to its glory days of more people and more tax revenue. Thanks for sharing.

[@melodymorales4748]

That's my hometown & my family still lives there! I used to sneak into the football games by climbing down the hill behind the concession stand whrn i didn't have the $0.50 it cost to get in 😂. The pool was amazing back in the 90s ❤ Thank you for the memories ❤

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Awesome - thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed visiting Spur and finding those hidden gems!

[@christienglandhill7039]

My mother was born there. My grandfather was a crop duster. There was a gas explosion from the plane while fueling, my mother was playing in the dirt a good distance away and was severely burned. I’m not sure how long they lived there but moved to East Texas. My mom was killed in a car accident when I was 21. I’ve always wanted to visit. I love quiet, low populated towns. Definitely on my bucket list.

[@kd5inm]

Love the hotel, I would stay there.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice place!

[@rvlivingwiththegeezer7791]

What day of the week was this? Town looked completely abandoned. Great job on the towns history👍

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Actually it was Thanksgiving Day so that’s why it was so quiet 😊

[@rvlivingwiththegeezer7791]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy Got it!👍

[@kathywimberley452]

My hometown!!!!

[@jeffsmith846]

Interesting hotel with a separate kitchen, game room etc. How many bedrooms were actually available? Low budget deal, but that's OK. Looks like the entire town baked this past summer. I think a lot of Texas had record heat for weeks on end. The trees look like they are shell shocked and there is little grass anywhere.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I think there were 5-10 rooms available. It was a nice place to stay and cheap!

[@Jody-kt9ev]

Typical of many small towns in Oklahoma/Kansas. Slowly fading over time. The town I went to high school in had a population of 4000 in 1930(oil boom), and now has less than 1000. This town has been losing buildings since the 1940s. It is sad, but economics is the reason. I am far better financially now because I left. One thing Spur might check on is looking for someone to finance re-doing their pool. The town I went high school in, found a foundation that paid for redoing their pool. The town could not afford to do it.

[@shiniquajones2812]

I’ve done some metal roofs there

[@aliceevans3357]

Such a neat town! Simply loved that inn you stayed at. I'm thinking that would be a great place to stay awhile. Such a nice town, they clearly have a lot of pride in the town. With all the parks you wonder how many kids live in the area. It would be a great place to host a reunion or gathering. I'm thinking if there's jobs, stores, doctors and such not too far away it would be a great place to raise a family. I really felt at home here, some places you visit I do or don't have good vibes about. Thanks for showing us around. Stay safe and GOD bless

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

As for the parks. I’m guessing they used to be much busier as the town had a population over 2,000 at one point. It was a great little town although it’s getting smaller!

[@kathyscoppettuolo7168]

Saw a different vid about Spur becoming a tiny home community. Wonder how that's going. They're low cost. Question is, does Spur have a grocery store? Medical facilities?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes they have a grocery store and hospital in Spur.

[@williamgilley7061]

The home town of Bud from the urban cowboy

[@JerryMoore-y6b]

been their in 93 dec nice town

[@TheAsif5182]

i saw spurs video just a day ago thru another vlogger like u . but i think u made it better than him since u showed up parks to enjoy the place with family . i wish again that i would have born in america if i d be lucky .

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you

[@travis303]

Good thing Red McCombs wasn't born in Muleshoe, Texas or we'd be seeing the NBA's San Antonio Muleshoes

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂😂

[@adrianmilward142]

Not sure i could handle the crowds, sad to see these little towns struggling.

[@brendacejda7069]

Do you know if the high school, or any schools, are still open in Spur?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes the school still looked like it was going. Actually I think it probably has most of the county’s kids.

[@rossbryan6102]

THEY MUST HAVE HAD A LOCAL BRICK WORKS AT ONE TIME WITH ACESS TO CLAY SOIL TO MAKE BRICKS !!

[@LaGataNegra3073]

Thats where Bud Davis is from.

[@lavondag1]

His name wasn't really Bud Davis, it's Dew Westbrook

[@acesnoopy]

Sure liked this video

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😊

[@tinman7130]

Well slap leather and give to Spur. They are hanging in there. You certainly wouldn't want to say meet me at the park and not be real specific.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂 at least the town is small enough to would find them eventually

[@samueldominguez9859]

interesting, I don't think I saw a single local

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

To be fair it was Thanksgiving 😊

[@DamnTrashModding]

I was the City Code Official until my ex-wife cheated on me with several people in town, not saying names, that hardware store owner gave me criminal trespass papers 86ing me after confronting him over snap chat messages to my ex-wife, they stole everything from my property there including the mailbox, it's located right across from 2nd street park, half of the people are good can't say about the other

[@elizabethmurray3221]

You should be singing the "all my ex-es live in Texas".

[@juliogonzales5441]

All my ex. s.ĺive ìn Texas 😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂

[@perry92964]

what a shame, the whole town couldnt fill that stadium, my highschool graduating class had more kids then this town has people. a business could only survive there if they had almost no overhead

[@jerrypevehouse456]

Born and raised there, and I believe the stadium is rated for 5,000 people. I've seen it pretty full at times, although the town population is about half what it was in the 60s and 70s.

[@Onlyme_arianna_2011]

Yea but don't let this small town get to you it's bad. How I know? I used to live here. Spur is very quite and boring place . But other wise be careful who you trust in spur those people over there are fake.

[@auntyrooth3310]

interesting 👍.... from 🦘land.❤😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Cheers!