Briscoe County

administration
Briscoe County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Silverton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Briscoe County Courthouse P.O. Box 153 Silverton, TX 79257-0535
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	1637 (2010)
Population density :	0.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2335 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.briscoe.tx.us

Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway

The Briscoe County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Silverton .

geography

The county is located in the Texas Panhandle , in northwest Texas and has an area of 2335 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Armstrong County , Donley County , Hall County , Motley County , Floyd County, and Swisher County .

history

Archaeological finds of fortifications and canals for artificial irrigation point to a relatively advanced cultural level of the population in pre-Columbian times. In the 17th century the area of the later county was settled by Apaches , who were expelled by the Comanches around 1700 .

The first Spanish trade expeditions came to the area in the late 1780s, but there were no permanent trade bases. First US explorations of the region began in the early 1840s. Although there was a short-term trading post operated by José Piedad Tafoya from 1865 to 1867, the area was only settled after the Comanches were driven from the area in 1872, and especially in the Red River War in 1874. Briscoe County was formed from parts of Bexar County on August 21, 1876 , and the administrative organization was completed on January 11, 1892. It was named after Andrew Briscoe , a soldier during the Texas Revolution and a judge in Harrisburg, Texas .

In 1878 a first ranch was established in the county . Charles Goodnight's ranch , which was operated from 1887, had a special influence on the further economic development of the area . From 1890, farmers and small ranchers also settled in the region. In 1890 a small settlement was established around the post office in Quitaque. The following year, the village of Silverton was founded by Thomas J. Braidfoot. In the spring of 1892 the county became self-governing and Silverton was elected as the county seat.

Information board at Lake Theo Folsom Site Complex

Two of the county's sites are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 2, 2018, the Lake Theo Folsom Site Complex and the Mayfield Dugout .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	12	-
1900	1253	-
1910	2162	72.5%
1920	2948	36.4%
1930	5590	89.6%
1940	4056	-27.4%
1950	3528	-13%
1960	3577	1.4%
1970	2794	-21.9%
1980	2579	-7.7%
1990	1971	-23.6%
2000	1790	-9.2%
2010	1637	-8.5%
1880-2010

Age pyramid of Briscoe County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Briscoe County had 1,790 people in 724 households and 511 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 83.35 percent white, 2.29 percent African American, 0.39 percent Native American, 0.06 percent Asian and 11.45 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.46 percent were descended from two or more races. 22.74 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 724 households, 29.3 percent had children or young people living with them. 59.3 percent were married couples living together, 7.6 percent were single mothers and 29.4 percent were non-families. 27.9 percent were single households and 16.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.03 people.

27.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.8 percent between 18 and 24, 22.0 percent between 25 and 44, 24.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,917 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,326. Males had a median income of $ 25,854 versus $ 17,500 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,218. 11.5 percent of families and 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Briscoe 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 from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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. 31 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 2, 2018.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Briscoe County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .