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Texas
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GLASSCOCK
COUNTY, TEXAS
31° 52' 12"
N, 101° 31' 48" W (31.87, -101.53)
Population: 1,314 Est. (2016) 1,226 (2010)
Total area: 901 square miles (2,330 km2)
900 square miles (2,300 km2) land
0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) water |
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Glasscock
County History
Historical
Marker ( FM 158, Courthouse grounds, Garden City):
GLASSCOCK COUNTY
Created
in 1887. Organized 1893, with Garden
City
county seat. Named for George W. Glasscock (1810-68), flatboating
partner of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois. Came to Texas 1834 and fought
1835-36 in the War for Independence from Mexico. Built first Central
Texas flour mill, Williamson
County. Georgetown
was named for him. Was in Texas Legislature, 1864- 68.
Of the 254 Texas counties, 42
bear Indian, French or Spanish names. 10 honor such colonizers as
Stephen F.
Austin, "Father of Texas". 12 were named for Washington, Clay,
and other American patriots. 96 were named for men like Glasscock
who fought in the Texas War for Independence (15 dying at the Alamo),
signed the Declaration of Independence, or served as statesmen in
the Republic
of Texas.
23 have the names of frontiersmen and pioneers. 11 honor American
statesmen who worked for the annexation of Texas; 10, leaders in
Texas since statehood, including jurists, ministers, educators,
historians, statesmen; and 36, men prominent in the Confederacy
during the Civil War.
Midland and 8 others have
geographical names. San Jacinto
and Val Verde were named
for battles. Live Oak and
Orange for trees, and Mason
for a Fort.
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Glasscock 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 - Garden
City
Book Hotel Here - Midland
Hotels | Big
Spring Hotels | More
Hotels |
Glasscock
County Vintage Maps
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Glasscock County
1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Glasscock County
1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Glasscock County
1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Glasscock County
historical marker on the courthouse lawn
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
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