HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS

33° 10' 48" N, 99° 43' 48" W (33.18, -99.73)
Population: 5,681 Est. (2016) 5,899 (2010)
Total area: 910 square miles (2,400 km2)
903 square miles (2,340 km2) land
7.1 square miles (18 km2) water

Haskell County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Knox County (N) Throckmorton County (E) Shackelford County (SE) Jones County (S) Stonewall County (W) Baylor County (NE) King County (NW)

Haskell County History

1936 Texas Centennial Marker - On US 277, Courthouse Square, Haskell

HASKELL COUNTY

Created February 1, 1858.
Recreated August 21, 1876.
Organized January 13, 1885.

Named in honor of Charles Ready Haskell, 1817-1836. A Tennesseean who was shot with Fannin in the massacre at Goliad.

Haskell, the county seat.
Crossed by Capt. R.B. Marcy in surveying a route to California in 1849.
First settlement at Haskell, 1882.

Haskell County Courthouse

Haskell County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Haskell County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.

County Seat - Haskell
Book area Hotels - Abilene Hotels

Ample ghost town

Haskell county seat

Irby

Sagerton

Haskell County Vintage Maps

Haskell County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Haskell County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Haskell County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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