King County, Texas
Founding: 1891 (declared in 1876) Parent county: Bexar Namesake: William King, Mississippi soldier killed during the Battle of the Alamo Seat: Guthrie (1891–) Land area: 911 square miles Population (2020): 265 Population (historic): 173 (1890); 810 (1910); 1,193 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880–1910; 1920s Subdivisions: One CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11 (7.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 9.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,085 Average outbuilding value (1930): $613 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 38 Average farm size (1920): 226.4 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Guthrie Namesake: W.H. Guthrie, cattle company stockholder Founding: 1891 (platting); 1891 (post office) Population (2020):...