Morris County, Texas

Founding: 1875
Parent county: Titus
Namesake: William Morris, Texas politician
Seat: Daingerfield (1875–)
Land area: 252 square miles
Population (2020): 11,973
Population (historic): 5,032 (1880); 8,220 (1900); 10,028 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1950s; 1970s
Subdivisions: Three cities; one town
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 253 (4.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 31.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $377
Average outbuilding value (1930): $113
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,745
Average farm size (1920): 41.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Arkansas
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Daingerfield

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1839 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,522
Population (historic): 272 (1870); 553 (1890); 843 (1920)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1910s; 1930–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 70 (6.2%)
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