LAMB COUNTY, TEXAS

34° 4' 12" N, 102° 21' 0" W (34.07, -102.35)
Population: 13,275 Est. (2016) 13,977 (2010)
Total area: 1,018 square miles (2,640 km2)
1,016 square miles (2,630 km2) land
1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) water

Lamb County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Castro County (N) Hale County (E) Hockley County (S) Bailey County (W) Parmer County (NW) Lubbock County (SE) Cochran County (SW)

Lamb County History

1936 Texas Centennial Marker (on US Hwy 70, 1.5 mile W of Olton)

LAMB COUNTY

Formed From Young and Bexar Territories.
Created August 21, 1876.
Organized June 20, 1908.
Named in honor of George A. Lamb, 1814-1836, a Second Lieutenant who fell in the first charge at the Battle of San Jacinto. Olton, County Seat.
(1946 Littlefield County Seat)

Lamb County Courthouse

Lamb County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Lamb 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 - Littlefield
Book area Hotels - Littlefield Hotels

Amherst

Circle

Cofferville ghost town

Earth

Fieldton

Hart Camp ghost town

Littlefield county seat

Olton first county seat

Spade

Springlake

Sudan

Lamb County Vintage Maps

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

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

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

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