Archer City, Texas
Archer City is a city in and the county seat of Archer County, Texas, United States. The city lies at the junction of State Highway 79 and State Highway 25. It is located 25 miles south of Wichita Falls, and is part of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area. Its population was 1,834 at the 2010 census.The city is named for Branch Tanner Archer, a commissioner for the Republic of Texas.Eight miles west-southwest of the city lies a 2-mile antenna,... Show more the Lake Kickapoo Field Station, operated by the 20th Space Control Squadron, and part of the Air Force Space Surveillance System, used for observing objects passing over the United States. It is the primary anchor transmitter for the Space Command southern "fence" network for monitoring the space defense system. It extends east-to-west across America at about 33°N. The antenna has no public access and restricted entry.