SHACKELFORD COUNTY, TEXAS

32° 43' 48" N, 99° 21' 0" W (32.73, -99.35)
Population: 3,378 (2010)
Total area: 916 square miles (2,370 km2)
914 square miles (2,370 km2) land
1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) water

Shackelford County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Throckmorton County (N) Stephens County (E) Eastland County (SE) Callahan County (S) Jones County (W) Haskell County (NW)

Shackelford County History

(from 1936 Texas Centennial Marker)

SHACKELFORD COUNTY

Formed from Bosque County;
created February 1, 1858;
organized September 12, 1874.
Named in honor of Dr. Jack Shackelford 1790-1857; captain of the "Red Rovers," a company from Alabama which became a unit of Fannin's command - one of the few spared by the Mexicans in the Massacre at Goliad.
Albany, the county seat.
(1936)

Shackelford County Courthouse

Shackelford County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Shackelford 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 - Albany
Book Hotel Here - Abilene Hotels

Albany County seat

Bud Matthews

Fort Griffin ghost town

Ibex ghost town

Moran

Rising Sun ghost town

Sedwick ghost town

The Flat ghost town

Shackelford County Vintage Maps

1882 map showing Shackelford County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

From 1907 Texas state map #2090 showing Shackelford County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

From 1920 Texas state map #10749 showing Shackelford County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

From 1940 Texas state map #4335 showing Shackelford County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Shackelford County Centennial Marker

Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009

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