OCHILTREE COUNTY, TEXAS

36° 16' 48" N, 100° 48' 36" W (36.28, -100.81)
Population: 10,306 Est. (2016)
10,223 (2010) 9,006 (2000)
Total area: 918 square miles (2,380 km2)
918 square miles (2,380 km2) land
0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) water

Ochiltree County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Texas County, Oklahoma (N) Beaver County, Oklahoma (NE) Lipscomb County (E) Roberts County (S) Hansford County (W) Hemphill County (SE)

Ochiltree County History

(from 1936 Texas Centennial Marker - US 83, about 2 miles. N of Perryton)

Ochiltree COUNTY
Formed from Young & Bexar territories:
Created, August 21, 1876
Organized, February 21, 1889
Named in honor of William Beck Ochiltree, 1811-1867, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1842, Secretary of the Treasury, 1844, the last Attorney General of the Republic of Texas, member of the Texas Legislature, 1855; delegate to the Secession Convention of 1861, colonel in the Confederate army.
County Seat Ochiltree, 1889
Perryton , since 1920.

Ochiltree County Courthouse

Ochiltree County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Ochiltree 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 - Perryton
Book area Hotels - Perryton Hotels

Farnsworth

Huntoon

Ochiltree ghost town, former county seat

Perryton

Twichell

Waka

Ochiltree County Vintage Maps

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

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

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

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TEXAS TOWN LIST
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