{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Slide, Texas | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = unincorporated community | image_skyline = Slide, Lubbock County, Texas, 2012.jpg | image_alt = Slide, Texas | image_caption = Slide Arena | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Texas#USA | pushpin_relief = yes | pushpin_label = Slide | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = Map of Texas | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|33|24|50|N|101|55|48|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=1380556|name=Slide}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Texas}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Lubbock | subdivision_type3 = Physiographic region | subdivision_name3 = Llano Estacado | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1890s | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = US<!-- or UK or Metric --> | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_rural_sq_mi = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | area_blank2_sq_mi = | length_mi = | width_mi = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 3255 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 44 | population_as_of = 2000 | population_density_sq_mi= auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = Central (CST) | utc_offset1 = -6 | timezone1_DST = CDT | utc_offset1_DST = -5 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 806 | iso_code = | website ={{URL|www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hns53|Handbook of Texas}} | footnotes = }} '''Slide''' is an unincorporated community in Lubbock County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 44 in 2000. The community is part of the Lubbock metropolitan area.
==Geography== Slide is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1730 and 41, {{convert|13|mi|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Lubbock and {{convert|13.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} east of Ropesville in southern Lubbock County.<ref name="Texas Escapes">{{cite web | url= http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTowns/Slide-Texas.htm | title= Slide, Texas | publisher = Texas Escapes Online Magazine | date= | accessdate = 2024-07-10}}</ref>
==Education== The original settlers used the lumber from Colorado City to build a school.<ref name="Handbook">{{Handbook of Texas|id=hns53|name=Slide, TX}}</ref> Today, Slide is served by the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District.
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Lubbock County, Texas Category:Lubbock metropolitan area Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas Category:1890s establishments in Texas