Terrell County, Texas

Founding: 1905
Parent county: Pecos

Namesake: Alexander Terrell, Texas planter
Seat: Sanderson (1905–)

Land area: 2,358 square miles

Population (2020): 760

Population (historic): 1,430 (1910); 1,595 (1920); 2,660 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1950

Subdivisions: One CDP

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 281 (35.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,037
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,075
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 58
Average farm size (1920): 15.5 acres
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Sanderson

Namesake: Sanderson Creek

Founding: 1882 (platting); 1884 (post office)

Population (2020): 664

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 239 (36%)

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