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Texas Counties
Texas is divided into two hundred and fifty-four counties, more than any other state. Texas was originally divided into municipalities, a unit of local government under Spanish and Mexican rule. When the Republic of Texas gained its independence in 1836, there were 23 municipalities, which became the original Texas counties. Many of these would later be divided into new counties. The most recent county to be created was Kenedy County in 1921. The most recent county to be organized was Loving County in 1931Hall County, Texas
Hall County Education, Geography, and History
Hall County is a county located in the state of Texas. Based on the 2010 census, the population is 3,353. Its county seat is Memphis. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1890. It is named for Warren D. C. Hall, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas.
Etymology - Origin of Hall County Name
Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas
Demographics:
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Hall County History
Hall County is a county located in the US state of Texas. Its county seat is Memphis. Hall County is named for Warren D. C. Hall, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas.
Handbook of Texas Online
In 1876 the Texas legislature formed Hall County from land formerly assigned to Bexar and Young Counties. With the
Comanches removed from the scene, buffalo hunters moved across the plains, and between 1877 and 1882 the buffalo in
Hall County were exterminated. The Rath Trail, which ran from Fort Griffin to
Adobe Walls, Texas, and then to Dodge City, Kansas, extended through Hall County and was used by buffalo hunters
until they left the area, after which it led ranchers and their cattle in. A number of major ranching operations
moved into the area during the late 1870s and the 1880s. In 1876 Charles Goodnight and John Adair
established the huge JA Ranch, which was headquartered in Armstrong County and
spilled over into several surrounding counties, including Hall. The western part of the county, north of the Red
River, was considered to be a part of the main JA Ranch into the early twentieth century. In 1878 Leigh R. Dyer
established the Lazy F Ranch in eastern Briscoe and western Hall counties. Charles Goodnight had taken this range by
1879; by 1882 it operated as the Quitaque Ranch of the JA. The Diamond Tail
Ranch of William R. Curtis also appeared in
1879, spread over northeast Hall County, and extended into Donley, Childress, and Collingsworth counties. In 1880,
Thomas S. Bugbee and L. G. Coleman established the Shoe Bar Ranch
to the east of the JA holdings in western Hall County; their ranch, operated informally for over a decade, became
the Shoe Bar officially in 1891. In 1885 Orville H. Nelson started a small
(twenty-section) ranch called the Bar 96 and began raising only blooded Herefords. The Continental Land and Cattle
Company brought its Mill Iron Ranch to Hall County in 1888. This huge operation
covered all of southern Hall County (east of the Quitaque Ranch) as well as large parts of Childress, Motley,
Collingsworth, and Cottle counties. By 1890, seventy-nine ranches and farms had been established in the county and
the population had increased to 703. Almost no crops were grown in the county at this time; the agricultural census
for that year reported only seventeen acres planted with corn, the county's most important crop More at
Donald R. Abbe, "HALL COUNTY," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hch02),
accessed January 23, 2016. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Geography: Land and Water
As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 904 square miles (2,342 km2), of which, 903
square miles (2,339 km2) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km2) of it (0.11%) is water.
Neighboring Counties
Bordering counties are as follows:
- Donley County (north)
- Collingsworth County (northeast)
- Childress County (east)
- Cottle County (southeast)
- Motley County (south)
- Briscoe County (west)
Education
Hall County is served by these districts:
Memphis Independent School District
Turkey-Quitaque Independent School District
Childress Independent School District (partial)
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