Schleicher County, Texas

Founding: 1901 (declared in 1887)
Parent county: Crockett
Namesake: Gustav Schleicher, Texas politician
Seat: Eldorado (1901–)
Land area: 1,311 square miles
Population (2020): 2,451
Population (historic): 155 (1890); 1,893 (1910); 3,166 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1920s; 1970–1990; 2000s
Subdivisions: One city
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 142 (10.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 23.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,621
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,079

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 225
Average farm size (1920): 88.7 acres
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Eldorado

 
Namesake: The mythical kingdom of El Dorado
Founding: 1895 (platting); 1895 (post office); 1925 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,574
Population (historic): 1,404 (1930); 1,530 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1930–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 97 (10.6%)
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