McMullen County, Texas

Founding: 1877 (declared in 1858)
Parent counties: Atascosa, Bexar, and Live Oak

Namesake: John McMullen, Irish empresario
Seat: Tilden (1871–)

Land area: 1,139 square miles

Population (2020): 600

Population (historic): 701 (1880); 1,024 (1900); 1,351 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s; 1920–1940; 1980–2000

Subdivisions: One CDP

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 28 (7.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 9.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $634
Average outbuilding value (1930): $281
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 130
Average farm size (1920): 67.7 acres
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Tilden

Namesake: Uncertain—probably Samuel Tilden, New York politician

Founding: 1858 (founding, as Rio Frio); 1871 (post office); 1877 (platting)

Population (2020): 190

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 0
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