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Sabine County, Texas

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Founding:  1837 (declared in 1836) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  The Sabine River Seat:   Milam (1837–1858); Hemphill (1858–) Land area:  491 square miles Population (2020):  9,894 Population (historic):  2,498 (1850); 3,256 (1870); 4,969 (1890); 8,582 (1910); 11,998 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1920; 1970–2010 Subdivisions:  Two cities; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  245 (2.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  12.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  5.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  26.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  20.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $467 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $155 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,270 Average farm size (1920):  33 acres Sources of settlement:  Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama ______________________________________________...