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Lingleville is a tiny unincorporated community in west-central Erath County, Texas, located on Farm Road 8 about ten miles west of Stephenville.

The community was originally called Needmore before being renamed to honor John Lingle, who had settled in the area in 1874.

A Texas historical marker records that Lingleville was founded in 1884, when R. P. Campbell opened a grocery store in his house in the hollow below the present townsite.

Lingleville's post office was established in 1885, and by 1892 the community boasted stores, blacksmith shops, a mill, a cotton gin, and three churches.

The town was almost completely devastated by a downtown robbery and fire in 1901, but residents rallied and rebuilt it.

The 1919 oil boom at the nearby Desdemona oil field brought increased settlement and business to Lingleville, even though the railroad had bypassed the town.

The Lingleville Tabernacle, built in 1913 as a permanent structure for summer religious revivals, is a designated Texas Historic Landmark and is still used for the annual Lingleville Homecoming.

Lingleville's population has been reported at about 100 residents since 1980, down from 200 residents in 1940.

The community is served by the Lingleville Independent School District, a single-campus PK-12 district with roughly 270 students enrolled.

Lingleville sits about 1,550 feet above sea level and uses ZIP code 76461.