Estelline is a town located in Hall County, Texas, United States. The population in 2010 was 145. The population was estimated at 141 in 2013. In 2012, Estelline was ranked #1 in a National Motorists Association listing of its “Worst Speed Trap Cities” in North America (with a population of less than 50,000). Estelline often refers to itself as the “Town of Estelline”, with a “Town Hall” and a “Town Council”, rather than the customary “city” label. However, under Texas law, all incorporated municipalities are considered to be cities.

Estelline was normal in 1892 by the brothers Elam and Math Wright. It was upon the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway and was named for Estelle de Shields, daughter of an to the front settler. The Place was originally allocation of the Diamond Tail Ranch. The Mill Iron range lay nearby, and after 1896 the Continental Land and Cattle Company moved its headquarters to a handy bluff overlooking the Red River. A read out office was opened in May 1892, and by 1894 Estelline had two hotels, a Methodist church, a cotton gin, a livery stable, and a one-room schoolhouse. Tom Macy opened the first store, and soon past T. R. Garrott established the Estelline Supply Company. In 1894 Math Wright obtained a depot and sidetrack for his town, and throughout the remainder of the decade Estelline was an important shipping point upon the Fort Worth and Denver City line. Cattle from comprehensible Silverton and Paducah were driven there for shipment. In 1896 the Mill Iron Ranch bought the Estelline Supply Company and opened a large general merchandise accretion and lumberyard subsequently R. L. Biggerstaff as manager. Two years unconventional Biggerstaff usual a private bank, which became the Estelline State Bank in 1905. The town had two newspapers, the Estelline Star (1894–1896) and the Estelline News (1907–1910). A two-story university was built in 1909. In 1912 the citizens of Estelline elected to incorporate past a mayor, a city marshal, and five aldermen. By subsequently the town had attained a population of exceeding 1,000.

The 1920s motto the erection of unshakable brick intellectual facilities, the emergence of a champion basketball team, and the doling out of a town band conducted by Paul James. In 1927 the railroad began construction of a branch pedigree out of Estelline to Plainview in Hale County. However, the Great Depression led to the closing of the bank and a halt in the population to 603 by 1940. That year two fires destroyed several businesses. Subsequent improvements in highway transportation led to an overall halt in Estelline’s importance as a railroad junction town. The number of businesses dropped from fifteen in 1947 to four by 1980, when the population was 258. The town was yet incorporated, and the post office remained open.

In 1983, Estelline citizens voted to permit the sale of alcohol beverages. Estelline is the by yourself seller of alcohol beverages within ‘dry’ Hall County. Estelline has a reputation for subconscious a prominent Texas eagerness trap and relies on speeders to pay its bills. The Estelline Independent School District was acknowledged dormant in 1987 and students were sent to Memphis schools. Estelline was house to 194 residents in 1990, 168 in 2000 and 145 in 2010. In 2012, the Town Hall was mysteriously gutted by fire. Texas Rangers and the State Fire Marshal have both described the incident as arson. A highly publicized 2013 civil rights fighting revealed that 89 percent of Estellines 2012 gross revenue came from asset forfeiture and traffic Good revenue.