Throckmorton County, Texas

Founding: 1879 (declared in 1858)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: William Throckmorton, early Texas settler
Seat: Throckmorton (1879–)
Land area: 913 square miles
Population (2020): 1,440
Population (historic): 124 (1860); 711 (1880); 1,750 (1900); 5,253 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920s
Subdivisions: Two towns; one CDP
National Register listings: One
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 193 (20.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $984
Average outbuilding value (1930): $509

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 500
Average farm size (1920): 115.7 acres
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Throckmorton

 
Namesake: Throckmorton County
Founding: 1879 (platting); 1879 (post office); 1917 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 727
Population (historic): 37 (1880); 240 (1890); 686 (1920); 1,135 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1879–1930; 1940s; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 107 (27%)
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