Roberts County, Texas

Founding: 1889 (declared in 1876)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Oran Roberts, Texas governor
Seat: Miami (1889–)
Land area: 924 square miles
Population (2020): 827
Population (historic): 326 (1890); 950 (1910); 1,457 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880–1920; 1950s; 1970s; 2000s
Subdivisions: One city
National Register listings: One
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 136 (30.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,706
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,484

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 152
Average farm size (1920): 290.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Texas and Oklahoma
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Miami

 
Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps the Miami tribe
Founding: 1887 (platting); 1887 (post office); 1937 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 539
Population (historic): 935 (1920); 953 (1930); 713 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 72 (30.3%)
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