Miles, TX

Miles is a Runnels County city whose name is tied directly to the railroad. Johnathan Miles donated $5,000 toward a fund for extending the rail line, and the city carried his name forward. That makes Miles a Texas place with a very practical origin story: a railroad fund, a town that kept the donor’s name, and a school district still serving the community. Miles Independent School District is part of the local map, but the railroad connection is the best first sentence. Miles is a small city built around a name that helped bring the tracks.