Kinney County, Texas

Founding: 1874 (declared in 1850)
Parent county: Bexar
Namesake: Henry Kinney, Texas politician
Seat: Brackettville (1874–)
Land area: 1,360 square miles
Population (2020): 3,129
Population (historic): 1,204 (1870); 3,781 (1890); 3,401 (1910); 3,980 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1860–1880; 1900–1940; 1970–2010
Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP
National Register listings: Two
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 212 (10.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,600
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,063

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 98
Average farm size (1920): 133.3 acres
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Brackettville

 
Namesake: Oscar Brackett, local businessman
Founding: 1852 (founding); 1873 (post office); 1930 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,341
Population (historic): 1,126 (1880); 1,822 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1930s; 1970–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 169 (22.1%)
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