On Farm to Market Road 1232 at County Road 201, on the left when traveling south on Route 1232.
“Ghost” burial plot with 26 unmarked graves of unidentified, unfortunates, or men traveling under aliases during 1926–29 oil boom violence.
All vestiges of graves lost in winds, shifting sands. Plot dedicated to memory of . . . — — Map (db m61284) HM
On North Roy Orbison Drive north of SE 1st Street (Farm to Market Road 1232), on the right when traveling north.
Roy Kelton Orbison was one of America's most famed rock and roll musicians. Born in Vernon (Wilbarger Co.), Orbison and family moved often and by 1946 they had settled in Wink. The Orbisons lived at 102 Langley Way (now 105 North Roy Orbison Drive). . . . — — Map (db m61285) HM
On Hendricks Boulevard (State Highway 115) at North Gardner Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Hendricks Boulevard.
On land ruled up to 1874 by Comanche Indians, later part of famed "W" cattle ranch. Town "born" in 1926 when Roy Westbrook's Permian Basin oil discovery 1.5 miles to the north brought in 10,000 to 20,000 people, initiated area's conversion to . . . — — Map (db m61317) HM
On North Rosey Dodd Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
The Wink School organized in April 1928, at which time an independent district formed and the first board of trustees was elected. The Wink Junior High and High School, built in 1929, is a two-story building with running bond brick cladding and . . . — — Map (db m110139) HM
On Hendricks Boulevard (State Highway 115) 0.4 miles north of SE 1st Street (Farm to Market Road 1232), on the right when traveling north.
First of 612 Wells in Hendrick Field, a very prolific, 10,000-acre west Texas oil pool.
This area, called "Wildcatters' graveyard", lay on the 30,000-acre T.G. Hendrick ranch. Drillers Roy A. Westbrook & Associates leased land at 10 cents an . . . — — Map (db m61286) HM