Hardeman County, Texas

Founding: 1884 (declared in 1858)
Parent county: Fannin
Namesake: Bailey Hardeman, Republic of Texas treasurer
Seat: Margaret (1884–1890); Quanah (1890–)
Land area: 695 square miles
Population (2020): 3,549
Population (historic): 3,904 (1890); 11,213 (1910); 14,532 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1930
Subdivisions: Two cities
National Register listings: Two
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 415 (23.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $822
Average outbuilding value (1930): $435

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,077
Average farm size (1920): 154.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Kentucky
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Quanah

 
Namesake: Quanah Parker, Comanche chief
Founding: 1884 (platting); 1886 (post office); 1919 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,279
Population (historic): 1,477 (1890); 3,127 (1910); 4,464 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1884–1930; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 230 (22.5%)
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