Editing Terry County, Texas (section)

==History==

Terry County was formed from [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] in 1876 and named for Col. Benjamin Franklin Terry, who commanded the [[Terry's Texas Rangers]] in the Civil War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/terry-county|title = TSHA &#124; Terry County}}</ref>

In 1877, the ill-fated [[Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877|Nolan Expedition]] crossed the county in search of livestock stolen by [[Comanche]] renegades. The various Indian tribes had moved on by the time of white settlement, due to the depletion of the buffalo herds by hunters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Buffalo Hunted to Near-Extinction Due to Lack of Government Regulation? |url=http://abeginnersguidetofreedom.blogspot.com/2007/08/buffalo-hunted-to-near-extinction-due.html|publisher=A Beginner's Guide to Freedom|access-date=December 16, 2010|date=August 2, 2007}}</ref>

Terry County was organized in 1904, with Brownfield as the county seat.<ref name="Terry County, Texas">{{cite web|last=Leffler|first=John|title=Terry County, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hct04|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010|author2=Hunt, William R }}</ref>

The county was settled by ranchers such as Ira J. Coulver, J. R. Quinn, Englishman Q. Bone, and Marion V. Brownfield.<ref name="Terry County, Texas"/> By 1910 Terry County had 235 farms and {{convert|23000|acre|km2}} of improved land, with corn being the most important crop.<ref name="Terry County, Texas"/>

Terry County lies in the oil-rich north Permian Basin, and the discovery of oil in 1940 quickly led to production.<ref name="Terry County, Texas"/> By 1991 almost {{convert|363143000|oilbbl}} of crude had been extracted from Terry County lands since 1940.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Wellman Field, Terry County, Texas |journal=AAPG Bulletin|volume=37 |issue=3|url=http://search.datapages.com/data/doi/10.1306/5CEADC80-16BB-11D7-8645000102C1865D|publisher=American Association of Petroleum Geologists|access-date=October 16, 2024|doi=10.1306/5CEADC80-16BB-11D7-8645000102C1865D|date=March 1953|first=Kenneth C. |last=Anderson}}</ref>

In 1991, Terry County was among the leading cotton counties in Texas.<ref name="Terry County, Texas"/>