King County, Texas

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

Namesake: William King, Mississippi soldier killed during the Battle of the Alamo
Seat: Guthrie (1891–)

Land area: 911 square miles

Population (2020): 265

Population (historic): 173 (1890); 810 (1910); 1,193 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880–1910; 1920s

Subdivisions: One CDP

National Register listings: 0

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11 (7.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 9.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,085
Average outbuilding value (1930): $613
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 38
Average farm size (1920): 226.4 acres
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Guthrie

Namesake: W.H. Guthrie, cattle company stockholder

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

Population (2020): 151

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9 (10.1%)
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