Cochran County Texas. (original) (raw)

33� 36' 0" N, 102� 49' 48" W (33.6, -102.83)

Population: 2,547 (2020)
3,127 (2010) 3,730 (2000) 4,377 (1990)

Total area 775 square miles (2,010 km2):
775 square miles (2,010 km2) land
0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) (0.01%) water

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Cochran County History

Historical Marker:

Cochran County

Created August 21, 1876, from Bexar County. Named for a native of New Jersey, Robert Cochran, a private who died for Texas Independece in the siege of the Alamo. Indian hostilities and the distance to market and supplies made settlement slow. The 1900 census listed 25 cowboys. In 1910 there were 75 persons; then 67 in 1920. Organized May 6, 1924, with Morton as county seat.

Oil discovery and development of irrigation caused rapid growth, and made it a farm and petroleum center. Site of Silver Lake, a saline lake known to early Spanish explorers as Laguna Quemado.

(1965)

Cochran County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...County Seat - Morton

Cochran County Vintage Maps

Cochran County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Cochran County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Cochran County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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