[3] Roosevelt is home to the Simon Brothers Cafe, Lyssy & Eckel Feeds and Allison Well Drilling.

Roosevelt is located along Interstate 10 at its midpoint in Texas, approximately 438 miles from both the New Mexico and Louisiana border.

[5] It is presumed that the postal service chose the name for Theodore Roosevelt, who had made headlines the month before on July 1, 1898, with his charge up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders.

Roosevelt's 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, known as the Rough Riders, was organized and trained at San Antonio on May 9–19, 1898.

Horses were bred in Roosevelt for the United States Cavalry, and also for the national polo market.