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LYNN COUNTY,
TEXAS
33° 10' 48"
N, 101° 49' 12" W (33.18, -101.82)
Population: 5,711 Est. (2016) 5,915 (2010)
Total area: 893 square miles (2,310 km2)
892 square miles (2,310 km2) land
1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) water |
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Lynn County
History
Historical Marker
(Courthouse Square in Tahoka,
Highway 87):
LYNN COUNTY
Created 1876 from Bexar Territory. Name honors G. W. Lynn, "One
of those who baptized the altar of Texas with life blood at the
Alamo". Tahoka Lake and Double Lakes Springs were watering places
on Indian, Spanish, U. S. Army and cattle-driving trails. This was
home land of nomadic Indians; visited by Spaniards, 1500s-1800s;
used by New Mexicans grazing large herds of sheep in 1860s; site
of last great buffalo hunts and the U. S. Cavalry's drive against
Comanches, 1874-1877. Last cowboy-Indian skirmish occurred 1879
at Double Lakes. Earliest open-range cattlemen settled here in 1880s.
First schools, Lynn and T-Bar, opened in 1902. In April 1903, county
was organized, with Tahoka
as county seat. The first officials: M. L. Elliott, county judge;
S. N. McDaniel, county and district clerk; C. H. Doak, sheriff and
tax assessor; W. E. Porterfield, surveyor; J. E. Ketner, H. E. Baldridge,
B. Humphries, and W. T. Petty, commissioners. The Santa Fe Railroad
built to this point in 1910. This has since become a major agricultural
area, ranking among top ten cotton
counties in Texas – and one of the top twenty in the United
States.
(1970)
1936 Centennial Marker:
LYNN COUNTY
Formed from Young and Bexar territories;
created August 21, 1876;
organized April 15, 1903.
Tahoka, county
seat. (1936)
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Lynn 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 - Tahoka
Book Hotel Here - Lubbock
Hotels | Brownfield
Hotels |
Lynn County
1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Lynn County
1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Lynn County
1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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