Menard County, Texas

Founding: 1871 (declared in 1858)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Michel Menard, Texas politician
Seat: Menard (1871–)
Land area: 902 square miles
Population (2020): 1,962
Population (historic): 667 (1870); 1,215 (1890); 2,707 (1910); 4,447 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890–1940; 1990s
Subdivisions: One city
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 338 (22.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,632
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,128

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 308
Average farm size (1920): 66.3 acres
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Menard

 
Namesake: Michel Menard, Texas politician
Founding: 1858 (platting as Menardville); 1868 (post office); 1911 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,348
Population (historic): 67 (1880); 185 (1890); 1,164 (1920); 1,969 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1950; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 181 (21.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Opp Ranch. Espy Road, northwest of Opp Spring. Razed.

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