Throckmorton County, Texas
Founding: 1879 (declared in 1858) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: William Throckmorton, early Texas settler Seat: Throckmorton (1879–) Land area: 913 square miles Population (2020): 1,440 Population (historic): 124 (1860); 711 (1880); 1,750 (1900); 5,253 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920s Subdivisions: Two towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 193 (20.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $984 Average outbuilding value (1930): $509 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 500 Average farm size (1920): 115.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Throckmorton Namesake: Throckmorton County Founding: 1879 (platting); 1879 (...