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MOORE COUNTY, TEXAS

35° 50' 24" N, 101° 53' 24" W (35.84, -101.89)
Population: Est. 22,120 (2016) 21,904 (2010)
Total area: 910 square miles (2,400 km2)
900 square miles (2,300 km2) land
9.9 square miles (26 km2) water

Moore County Topics

  • History
  • Town List
  • Vintage Maps
  • Moore County TX
    Contiguous Counties:
    Sherman County (N) Hutchinson County (E) Carson County (SE) Potter County (S) Oldham County (SW) Hartley County (W) Dallam County (NW)

    Moore County History

    1936 Centennial Marker:

    MOORE COUNTY

    Created 1876 from Bexar Land District.
    Named in honor of Edwin W. Moore (1810-1865), Commodore of the Navy, Republic of Texas.
    County was organized July 5, 1892, with Dumas (named for promoter of the townsite) as county seat. Stagecoach and freighters furnished transportation in early days. The county was thinly settled; ranching was the main industry, prior to discoveries of oil and gas in 1926. A zinc smelter was built in 1936. Economy is now based on petrochemicals, helium, oil, gas, cattle feeding, ranching, grains, soybeans, sugar beets and castor beans.

    Moore County Courthouse
    Moore County Courthouse
    Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

    Moore 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 -
    Dumas
    Book Hotel Here - Dumas Hotels
  • Bautista ghost town
  • Cactus
  • Dumas county seat
  • Etter
  • Exum or Exum Switch
  • Fritch
  • Machovec ghost town
  • Masterson ghost town
  • Middlewell ghost town
  • Quarton
  • Sunray

  • Moore County Vintage Maps
    Moore County TX 1907 Postal Map
    Moore County 1907 postal map
    From Texas state map #2090
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office
    Moore County TX 1920s map
    Moore County 1920s map
    From Texas state map #10749
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office
    Moore County TX 1940s map
    Moore County 1940s map
    From Texas state map #4335
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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