Lynn County, Texas

The Lynn County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Tahoka. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

Geography

The County is located in northwestern Texas, about 80 km east of the border with New Mexico and has an area of 2314 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lubbock County, Garza County, Borden County, Dawson County and Terry County.

History

Originally, the area was inhabited by Apaches, who were expelled in the 18th century by Comanches. 1873 and 1874 the Comanches suffered a first defeat by the U.S. army, which drove by and by the Indians from the area. Lynn County was formed in 1876 from parts of the Garza County. It was named after William Lynn, a soldier in the Texan Revolution and defenders of the Alamo. After 1877 buffalo hunters began to hunt a greater extent, it came again to a dispute with the Comanches, however, were sold by the U.S. Army from the region in early 1877. Although the land was released for settlement in 1877, the population remained low. Early 1880s could be the first rancher in the area down, mainly in the peripheral areas of the county. Within the county, the first ranch was founded in 1884, followed by others, there have been relatively small family farms. The population of the county rose from nine in 1880 to 24 in 1890. In 1900, the population had dropped to 19. Although the county was founded in 1876, but it remained unorganized until 1903. After 1900, increasingly flocked to County farmer who sold the Rancher parts of the country, the number of farms increased from 1900 to 1910 from 5 to 201, and the population grew from 17 in 1900 to 1713 in 1910.

The increase in population was due to the cultivation of cotton in the first place. As 1912 more acreage up for sale, a large number of German origin from Central Texas in the County settled down, and it began a steady immigration German, which lasted until the 1950s. The onset around 1930 price drop for cotton was especially the smaller farms, and the number of cotton farms decreased from 2,138 in 1930 to 1,471 in 1940. After the Second World War was the agrarian structure of the county diversified, in addition to cotton, wheat was grown and operated livestock increasingly.

In the early 1950s in the eastern part of the county oil was found, the economic structure of the county changed fundamentally. Due to the 1973 oil crisis more oil fields were developed. The annual oil production in the county reached the mid-1980s the order of 800,000 barrels.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000, lived in Lynn County 6,550 people in 2,354 households and 1,777 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 75.53 percent White, 2.84 percent African American, 1.02 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, and 18.24 percent from other races; 2.21 percent were descended from two or more races. 44.63 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,354 households out of which 38.9 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 61.0 percent were married couples living together, 11.1 percent were single mothers and 24.5 percent were non-families. 23.1 percent of all households and 12.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.25 persons.

31.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.8 percent between 18 to 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 21.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.

The median income for a household was $ 26,694, and the median income for a family was $ 33,146. Males had a median income of $ 27,972, women $ 19,531. The per capita income was $ 14,090. 19.3 percent of families and 22.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Lakeview
New Home

New Lynn
New Moore

O'Donnell
Petty

Tahoka
West Point

Wilson

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