TERRY COUNTY, TEXAS

33° 10' 12" N, 102° 20' 24" W (33.17, -102.34)
Population: 12,651 (2010)
Total area: 891 square miles (2,310 km2)
889 square miles (2,300 km2) land
2.1 square miles (5.4 km2) water

Terry County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Hockley County (N) Lynn County (E) Dawson County (SE) Gaines County (S) Yoakum County (W) Cochran County (NW) Lubbock County (NE)

Terry County History

1936 Texas Centennial Marker

TERRY COUNTY

Formed from Young and Bexar territories;
created August 21, 1876,
organized June 28, 1904.
Named in honor of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry 1821-1861. Leader of the famous Terry's Texas Rangers.
Brownfield, the county seat primarily a farming area.

Terry County Courthouse

Terry County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Terry 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 - Brownfield
Book area Hotels - Brownfield Hotels

Brownfield County seat

Gomez ghost town

Meadow

Needmore

Tokio ghost town

Wellman

Terry County Vintage Maps

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

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

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

Terry County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker

About 8 miles E of Brownfield on US 380 in a Road Side Park.

Terry County pink granite Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009

Terry County 1936 Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009

Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009

Terry County pink granite Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2009
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TEXAS TOWN LIST
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