Armstrong County, Texas

administration
Armstrong County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Claude
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Armstrong County Courthouse P.O. Box 309 Claude, TX 79019-0309
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	1901 (2010)
Population density :	0.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2367 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.co.armstrong.tx.us

The Armstrong County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Claude , which was named after Claude Ayers , the engineer who built the first railroad to run through the area. The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in the northwest of Texas, in the so-called Texas Panhandle and has an area of 2367 square kilometers without any significant water surface. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Carson County , Gray County , Donley County , Briscoe County , Swisher County , Randall County, and Potter Counties .

climate

The temperature ranges from −7 ° C in January to 34 ° C in July. There are an average of 213 sunny days per year. The average rainfall is 500 mm.

history

Armstrong County was formed from parts of Bexar County on August 21, 1876 , and the administrative organization was completed on March 8, 1890. It was named after one of Texas' six pioneering families.

10,000 years ago the Panhandle was inhabited by Paleo-Indians . The Apaches came to this area around 1700 , then the Comanche . After they moved on, some Kiowa and Cheyenne lived here . Anglo-American settlers didn't come to this area until around 1780. In 1874 there was the first great battle on the Red River and the battle in Palo Duro Canyon . Both battles took place on the county line with Randall County. After the devastating defeat of the Indians, the first ranchers came to the country. In 1876, Charles Goodnight brought a herd of 1,600 cattle into Palo Duro Canyon. In 1877 he entered into a partnership with the Irish John G. Adair. Both ranches together then had an area of 1.335 million acres. Both ranches dominated the area well into the 20th century.

In 1887 the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway built a railway line through the county, which thus had a direct connection to New Mexico and Colorado and new settlers came to the area. In 1900 there were 1,205 people in the county. In 1930 the county had its highest population at 3,329. Since then it has been falling again, initially due to the Depression, then due to the dismantling of farm workers who were replaced by machines.

Headquarters JA Ranch ( HABS , 2000)

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the JA Ranch . Four buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of September 23, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	31	-
1890	944	2,945.2%
1900	1205	27.6%
1910	2682	122.6%
1920	2816	5%
1930	3329	18.2%
1940	2495	-25.1%
1950	2215	-11.2%
1960	1966	-11.2%
1970	1895	-3.6%
1980	1994	5.2%
1990	2021	1.4%
2000	2148	6.3%
2010	1901	-11.5%
1880-2010 Armstrong County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River

The Palo Duro Canyon in Palo Duro Canyon State Park

According to the 2000 census , Armstrong County's population was 2,148; 802 households and 612 families were counted. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 2.8 percent Asian and 2.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.4 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 802 households, 33.9 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 67.2 percent were married couples living together, 6.1 percent were single mothers and 23.6 percent were non-families. 21.4 percent were single households and 12.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

26.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.1 percent between 18 and 24, 24.8 percent between 25 and 44, 23.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 90.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 38,194 , and the median income for a family was $ 43,894. Males had a median income of $ 30,114 versus $ 21,786 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,151. 7.9 percent of families and 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Wayside

Individual evidence

^ Armstrong County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original dated April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 10 .

↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed September 23, 2018.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 23, 2018.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

↑ Armstrong County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .