Jim Hogg County, Texas

 

Founding: 1913
Parent counties: Brooks and Duval

Namesake: James Hogg, Texas governor
Seat: Hebbronville (1913–)

Land area: 1,136 square miles

Population (2020): 4,838

Population (historic): 1,914 (1920); 4,919 (1930); 5,449 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1940; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Five CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 197 (7.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $341
Average outbuilding value (1930): $482
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 49
Average farm size (1920): 81.4 acres
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Hebbronville

Namesake: James Hebbron, owner of the city site

Founding: 1883 (platting); 1895 (post office)

Population (2020): 4,101

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 179 (8.4%)
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