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  Twitty Location within the state of Texas  Twitty Twitty (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°18′50″N 100°14′10″W / 35.31389°N 100.23611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Wheeler |
| Elevation | 2,251 ft (686 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 79090 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1370382 [1] |
Twitty is an unincorporated community in Wheeler County, Texas, United States. It was named after an early settler Asa Twitty. [2]
It may have been the origin of the stage name of the country singer Conway Twitty. [3] On the March 30, 1989, episode of Late Night with David Letterman, Conway Twitty stated that he chose his stage last name after seeing Twitty, Texas, on a map.[ citation needed]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Twitty, Texas
- ^ "TSHA | Twitty, TX".
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "Twitty, Conway". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 3571. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
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