Kinney County, Texas
Founding: 1874 (declared in 1850) Parent county: Bexar Namesake: Henry Kinney, Texas politician Seat: Brackettville (1874–) Land area: 1,360 square miles Population (2020): 3,129 Population (historic): 1,204 (1870); 3,781 (1890); 3,401 (1910); 3,980 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1860–1880; 1900–1940; 1970–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 212 (10.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,600 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,063 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 98 Average farm size (1920): 133.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Brackettville Namesake: Oscar Brackett, local businessman Founding: 1852 (founding); 1873 (post office); 1930 (incor...