San Saba County, Texas

Founding: 1856
Parent county: Bexar
Namesake: The San Saba River
Seat: San Saba (1856–)
Land area: 1,135 square miles
Population (2020): 5,730
Population (historic): 913 (1860); 5,324 (1880); 7,569 (1900); 10,273 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1940; 1970s; 1990s
Subdivisions: Two towns
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 447 (15.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $866
Average outbuilding value (1930): $515

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,268
Average farm size (1920): 95 acres
Sources of settlement: Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Missouri, and Tennessee
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San Saba

 
Namesake: The San Saba River
Founding: 1854 (platting); 1857 (post office); 1940 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,117
Population (historic): 111 (1860); 598 (1880); 2,011 (1920); 2,240 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1854–1950; 1970s; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 188 (15.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Thomas Sloan Farm (1883). 8810 Ranch Road 2732.
2. *Farm (c. 1885). 19996 State Route 16. Second Empire.