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San Saba County, Texas

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Founding:  1856 Parent county:  Bexar Namesake:  The San Saba River Seat:  San Saba (1856–) Land area:  1,135 square miles Population (2020):  5,730 Population (historic):  913 (1860); 5,324 (1880); 7,569 (1900); 10,273 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1940; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions:  Two towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  447 (15.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  22.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  6.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  20.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  13.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $866 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $515 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,268 Average farm size (1920):  95 acres Sources of settlement:  Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Missouri, and Tennessee ___________________________________________________________________...