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The Texas legislature established Throckmorton County in 1858,
and Williamsburg initially was chosen to be the county seat. In
1859 the Comanche reservation was relocated to Indian Territory,
and by 1860 the United States census found only 124 people
living in the county. The outbreak of the Civil War also impeded
settlement of the area, and the county remained unorganized for
almost twenty years after it was formed. Throckmorton
County was organized in 1879, and the town of Throckmorton,
located near the center of the county, became the county seat. |
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The area that is now Throckmorton County was a part of Red River
Municipality until 1837, when it became part of newly organized
Fannin County. In 1854 the Comanche Indian Reservation, (18,576
acres), was established at Camp Cooper on the Clear Fork of the
Brazos. In 1855 some 450 Comanches of the Penateka band settled
there and tried to adapt to an agricultural economy. John R.
Baylor, Indian agent from 1855 to 1857, settled his family at
Camp Cooper in 1856. That same year Lt. Newton C. Givens
built a stone ranch house near the old California Trail and the
Haskell county line. At the time this was the last house between
Texas and New Mexico settlements. The Butterfield Overland Mail
route crossed the area, and Franz Station was a well-known stop. |
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While ranching remained an important component of the local
economy, hundreds of new farms were established in the area
between 1900 and 1930, as the cultivation of cotton and wheat
spread. Cotton was the first cash crop to be planted on a fairly
large scale in the county; by 1910 cotton was being grown on
21,000 acres of county land and had become the county's most
important crop. With expanding cotton production came more
intensive settlement. There were 694 farms or ranches in
Throckmorton County by 1910, and the population had more than
doubled to reach 4,563. |
Cities and towns
Elbert
Throckmorton
Woodson
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