Borden County, Texas
Founding: 1891 (declared in 1876) Parent county: Bosque Namesake: Gail Borden, inventor of condensed milk Seat: Gail (1891–) Land area: 897 square miles Population (2020): 631 Population (historic): 222 (1890); 1,386 (1910); 1,505 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880–1910; 1920s Subdivisions: One CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 16 (3.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 12.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 42.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $746 Average outbuilding value (1930): $653 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 197 Average farm size (1920): 124.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Gail Namesake: Gail Borden, inventor of condensed milk Founding: 1891 (platting); 1891 (post office) Populati...