TIMMS CITY, TX TIMMS CITY, TEXAS. Timms City was four miles
southwest of the site of present Darrouzett in northern Lipscomb
County. It was begun in 1887 and was one of two towns competing
with Lipscomb to become county seat. It was named for George
Timms, a Kansas financier who backed the community. Soon, Timms
City had a hotel, several saloons, a post office, a newspaper
(the Texas Tribune), and various other businesses. However, the
election of Lipscomb as the permanent county seat quickly led to
the town's demise. One county businessman, H. E. Hoover,
described it as "one year growing and four years dying." By the
time the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway pushed through this
portion of the county in 1919, Timms City had disappeared. A
History of Lipscomb County, Texas, 1876–1976 (Lipscomb, Texas:
Lipscomb County Historical Survey Committee, 1976). The
following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th
edition, is the preferred citation for this article.H. Allen
Anderson, "TIMMS CITY, TX," Handbook of