Lefors, TX

Lefors is a town in Gray County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 420 residents. Lefors is part of the Pampa, Texas micropolitan statistical area. The area around modern Lefors was near the heart of Comancheria and a common village site for the nomadic tribes of Comanche. The school serves all children prekindergarten through grade 12. That mix gives Lefors a clear local shape within Texas, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present.

The Battle of the North Fork of the Red River, between the U.S. Army under the command of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie and the Comanche, was fought near here on September 29, 1872. Lefors is on the North Fork of the Red River and State Highway 273, 12 miles southeast of Pampa in central Gray County. Lefors includes the Battle of the North Fork of the Red River.