Eastland County, Texas
Ranger Real Estate and Local Guide
Ranger is a small former oil-boom town in rural West-Central Texas, remembered for the 1917 Roaring Ranger strike that briefly swelled its population past 30,000.
Living in Ranger
The 1917 McCleskey (Roaring Ranger) oil well set off a boom that swelled the town's population from under 1,000 to more than 30,000. Source: tshaonline.org
IncomeAbout $34,006 median household
EducationAbout 13.6% hold a bachelor's or higher
CountyEastland County
Homes in Ranger
Detached single-family homesRoughly 61% of housing units
- About 55% of Ranger's occupied homes are owner-occupied, a modest share for a small rural Texas town.
- The median home value is about $49,700, well below state and national levels.
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Ranger home
Roaring Ranger Museum
Source: rangertx.gov
Oil-boom museum inside the 1919 Texas and Pacific Railway depot
Ranger Antique Airfield
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Grass airfield dating to 1911 where Amelia Earhart landed in 1931
Ranger College
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Community college founded in 1926, among the oldest two-year colleges in Texas
Willow Park
Source: texastimetravel.com
1933 municipal park built by the National Youth Administration, with rock buildings, a pool, and an outdoor roller rink