Mills County, Texas

Founding: 1887
Parent counties: Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas

Namesake: John Mills, Texas judge
Seat: Goldthwaite (1887–)

Land area: 748 square miles

Population (2020): 4,456

Population (historic): 4,493 (1890); 9,694 (1910); 8,293 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: One city; one town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 312 (10.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 23.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $662
Average outbuilding value (1930): $320
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,464
Average farm size (1920): 70.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee
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Goldthwaite

Namesake: Joseph Goldthwaite, railroad official

Founding: 1885 (platting); 1886 (post office); 1906 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,738

Population (historic): 1,282 (1900); 1,129 (1910); 1,214 (1920); 1,324 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1885–1900; 1910–1950; 1960–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 87 (8.6%)
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