Glasscock County, Texas

Founding: 1893 (declared in 1887)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: George Glasscock, early Texas resident
Seat: Garden City (1893–)

Land area: 900 square miles

Population (2020): 1,116

Population (historic): 286 (1900); 1,143 (1910); 555 (1920); 1,263 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1920s; 1950–1990

Subdivisions: One CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10 (1.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 9.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $361
Average outbuilding value (1930): $702
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 112
Average farm size (1920): 99.3 acres
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Garden City

Namesake: A misspelling of Gardner City

Founding: 1886 (post office)

Population (2020): 334

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10 (6.2%)
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