Fisher County Texas. (original) (raw)

Texas | Counties 32� 44' 24" N, 100� 24' 0" W (32.74, -100.4)
Population: 3,974 (2010)
Total area: 902 square miles (2,340 km2)
899 square miles (2,330 km2) land
2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) water

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Fisher County History

(from 1936 Texas Centennial Marker) FISHER COUNTY
Sites of old Indian trail from Mexico to settlements on Texas frontier. In this region in 1856, Colonel Robert E. Lee, then commanding the famed U.S. Second Cavalry (and later General-in-Chief of the Confederate Army), campaigned against the Indians.
County formed from Young and Bexar territories.
Created 1876.
Settled in 1877.
Organized 1886.
Named for Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794-1839), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Secretary of the Navy in the Republic of Texas, 1836.
Roby, county seat, named for landowners.

Fisher 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 - Roby
Book area Hotels - Sweetwater Hotels

Fisher County, Texas Vintage Maps

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

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

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

Fisher County

1936 Texas Centennial Marker

Located in SW corner of courthouse lawn in Roby

Fisher County TX 1936 Centennial Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009