Crane County, Texas

Founding: 1927 (declared in 1887)
Parent county: Tom Green

Namesake: William Crane, Baylor University president
Seat: Crane (1927–)

Land area: 785 square miles

Population (2020): 4,375

Population (historic): 51 (1900); 331 (1910); 37 (1920); 2,221 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1890–1910; 1920–1960; 1970–1990; 2000–2020

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: 0

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 26 (1.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,115
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,330
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 8
Average farm size (1920): N/A
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Crane

Namesake: Crane County

Founding: 1908 (post office); 1926 (platting); 1933 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,478

Population (historic): 1,420 (1940); 2,154 (1950)

Periods of population growth: pre-1940–1960; 1970s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 25 (1.9%)

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