Cottle County, Texas
Founding: 1892 (declared in 1876) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: George Cottle, early Texas resident Seat: Paducah (1892–) Land area: 901 square miles Population (2020): 1,380 Population (historic): 240 (1890); 4,396 (1910); 9,395 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1890–1930 Subdivisions: One town Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 236 (22.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,033 Average outbuilding value (1930): $589 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 686 Average farm size (1920): 145.5 acres Sources of settlement: Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Georgia _________________________________________________________________________________ Paducah Namesake: Paducah, Kentucky Founding: ...