Lynn County Texas history, cities, towns, county seat, courthouse, vintage maps, hotels & more. (original) (raw)

Texas | Counties 33� 10' 48" N, 101� 49' 12" W (33.18, -101.82)
Population: 5,711 Est. (2016) 5,915 (2010)
Total area: 893 square miles (2,310 km2)
892 square miles (2,310 km2) land
1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) water

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Lynn County History

Historical Marker (Courthouse Square in Tahoka, Highway 87): LYNN COUNTY

Created 1876 from Bexar Territory. Name honors G. W. Lynn, "One of those who baptized the altar of Texas with life blood at the Alamo". Tahoka Lake and Double Lakes Springs were watering places on Indian, Spanish, U. S. Army and cattle-driving trails. This was home land of nomadic Indians; visited by Spaniards, 1500s-1800s; used by New Mexicans grazing large herds of sheep in 1860s; site of last great buffalo hunts and the U. S. Cavalry's drive against Comanches, 1874-1877. Last cowboy-Indian skirmish occurred 1879 at Double Lakes. Earliest open-range cattlemen settled here in 1880s. First schools, Lynn and T-Bar, opened in 1902. In April 1903, county was organized, with Tahoka as county seat. The first officials: M. L. Elliott, county judge; S. N. McDaniel, county and district clerk; C. H. Doak, sheriff and tax assessor; W. E. Porterfield, surveyor; J. E. Ketner, H. E. Baldridge, B. Humphries, and W. T. Petty, commissioners. The Santa Fe Railroad built to this point in 1910. This has since become a major agricultural area, ranking among top ten cotton counties in Texas – and one of the top twenty in the United States.
(1970)

1936 Centennial Marker: LYNN COUNTY

Formed from Young and Bexar territories;
created August 21, 1876;
organized April 15, 1903.
Tahoka, county seat. (1936)

Lynn 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 - Tahoka
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Lynn County Vintage Maps

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

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

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