ROBERTS COUNTY, TEXAS

35° 49' 48" N, 100° 48' 36" W (35.83, -100.81)
Population: 938 Est. (2016) 929 (2010)
Total area: 924 square miles (2,390 km2)
924 square miles (2,390 km2) land
0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) water

Roberts County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Ochiltree County (N) Lipscomb County (NE) Hemphill County (E) Gray County (S) Carson County (SW) Hutchinson County (W) Hansford County (NW) Wheeler County (SE)

Roberts County History

1936 Texas Centennial Marker:

ROBERTS COUNTY

Formed from Young and Bexar territories:
created, August 21, 1876;
organized, January 10, 1889.
Named in honor of John S. Roberts, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and Oran Milo Roberts, Governor of Texas, 1878-1882.
County seat, Miami, to October, 1889;
Parnell, to August 1, 1898,
Miami, since. (1936)

Roberts County Courthouse

Roberts County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Roberts 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 - Miami
Book area Hotels - Perryton Hotels | Pampa Hotels

Codman ghost town

Miami county seat

Roberts County Vintage Maps

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

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

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

Roberts County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker

Located in a roadside park
on US 60, 3.5 miles N or Miami

Roberts County pink granite Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Roberts County pink granite Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008
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TEXAS TOWN LIST
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