Allison is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in northeastern Wheeler County, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States

United States

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, at the junction of Texas Farm roads 1046 and 277. Founded in 1929 as a stop for the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway

Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway

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, the town was named for the general manager of the railroad, R. H. Allison. The Lone Star Townsite Company laid out the town. The town reached its height in population in 1941, just before the country entered World War II

World War II

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, at 200. It had a population of approximately 135 in 2000.

During the 1970s Allison and the surrounding area benefited from the natural gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

 and oil

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...

 development in the Panhandle-Hugoton field, the largest-volume gas field in the United States, and the world’s largest known source of helium

Helium

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. Between 1973 and 1993 the field produced over eight trillion cubic feet (230,000,000 m³) of gas.

For years, the Allison Independent School District served the community's students. In 2003, however, the district merged with the neighboring Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District

Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District

Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Briscoe, Texas .The district covers northern Wheeler County , southern Hemphill County, and a small portion of northeastern Gray County.Fort Elliott Consolidated ISD has two schools that...

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The elevation for Allison is 2605 feet (794 m), and its coordinates are 35.6058803°N 100.1006736°W.