Editing Texline, Texas (section)

==History of boundary dispute==
For years, a simmering dispute has existed over whether Texline is lawfully a part of Texas or New Mexico. The straight north-south border between the two states was originally defined as the [[103rd meridian west|103rd meridian]], but the 1859 survey that was supposed to mark that boundary mistakenly set the border between {{convert|2.29|and(-)|3.77|mi|2}} too far west of that line. This survey error resulted in the current towns of Texline, [[Farwell, Texas|Farwell]], [[Bledsoe, Texas|Bledsoe]], Bronco, and a [[Glenrio, Texas|part of Glenrio]] being within the State of Texas. New Mexico's short border with Oklahoma, in contrast, was correctly surveyed on the meridian. New Mexico's draft constitution in 1910 stated that the border is on the 103rd meridian as intended. The disputed strip, hundreds of miles long, includes parts of valuable [[oilfields]] of the [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]]. A bill was passed in the [[New Mexico Senate]] to fund and file a lawsuit in the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] to recover the strip from Texas, but the bill did not become law. Today, land in the strip is included in Texas land surveys and the land and towns for all purposes are taxed and governed by the State of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/1357432.html|title=Border War Brewing?|author=Daniel Gertson|accessdate=September 24, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418162341/http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/1357432.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>