Bosque County, Texas
Founding: 1854 Parent county: McLennan Namesake: The Bosque River Seat: Meridian (1854–) Land area: 983 square miles Population (2020): 18,235 Population (historic): 2,005 (1860); 11,217 (1880); 17,390 (1900); 15,750 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1960–2020 Subdivisions: Seven cities; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 967 (10.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $848 Average outbuilding value (1930): $440 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,467 Average farm size (1920): 81.5 acres Sources of settlement: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Norway _________________________________________________________________________________ ...