Borden County, Texas

Founding: 1891 (declared in 1876)
Parent county: Bosque

Namesake: Gail Borden, inventor of condensed milk
Seat: Gail (1891–)

Land area: 897 square miles

Population (2020): 631

Population (historic): 222 (1890); 1,386 (1910); 1,505 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880–1910; 1920s

Subdivisions: One CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 16 (3.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 12.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 42.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $746
Average outbuilding value (1930): $653
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 197
Average farm size (1920): 124.3 acres
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Gail

Namesake: Gail Borden, inventor of condensed milk

Founding: 1891 (platting); 1891 (post office)

Population (2020): 249

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8 (5.9%)
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