Camp County, Texas

 

Founding: 1874
Parent county: Upshur

Namesake: John Camp, Texas politician
Seat: Pittsburg (1874–)

Land area: 196 square miles

Population (2020): 12,464

Population (historic): 5,951 (1880); 9,146 (1900); 10,063 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 211 (3.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 10.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $429
Average outbuilding value (1930): $145
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,709
Average farm size (1920): 39.1 acres

Sources of settlement: Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
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Pittsburg

Namesake: William Pitts, owner of the city site

Founding: 1855 (post office); 1891 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,335

Population (historic): 745 (1880); 1,783 (1900); 2,640 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 105 (5.8%)
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