Editing Carson County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Carson County
 | state                = Texas
 | ex image             = Restored filling station in Skellytown, Texas.JPG
 | ex image size        = 300px
 | ex image cap         = Restored [[filling station]] in [[Skellytown, Texas]]
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = 1888
 | seat wl              = Panhandle
 | largest city wl      = Panhandle
 | city type            = town
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 924
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 920
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 3.9
 | area percentage      = 0.4
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 5807
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | web                  = www.co.carson.tx.us|
 | time zone            = Central
 | district             = 13th
 | named for            = [[Samuel Price Carson]]
}}

'''Carson County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 5,807.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Carson County, Texas|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/carsoncountytexas/PST120221|access-date=January 31, 2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Carson County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48065|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Panhandle, Texas|Panhandle]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county was founded in 1876 and later organized in 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/TX_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Texas: Individual County Chronologies|work=Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=[[Newberry Library|The Newberry Library]]|date=2008|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=May 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513024355/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/TX_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is named for [[Samuel Price Carson]], the first secretary of state of the [[Republic of Texas]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA70 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=70}}</ref>

Carson County is included in the [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], TX [[Amarillo metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==

===Native Americans===

[[Prehistory|Prehistoric]] [[hunter-gatherer]]s were the first inhabitants, followed by the [[Plains Apache]]. Modern [[Apache]] tribes followed them and were displaced by [[Comanches]]. The Comanches were defeated by the [[United States Army]] in the [[Red River War]] of 1874.<ref name="Carson County, Texas">{{cite web|last=Abbe|first=Donald R|title=Carson County, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcc06|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010|date=June 12, 2010}}</ref>

===Early explorations===

[[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]] [[Francisco Vásquez de Coronado]] explored the [[Llano Estacado]] in 1541.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lourie|first=Peter|title=On the Texas Trail of Cabeza De Vaca|year=2008|publisher=Boyds Mills Press|isbn=978-1-59078-492-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/ontexastrailofca00lour_0/page/46 46]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ontexastrailofca00lour_0/page/46}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Donoghue|first=David|title=Francisco Vázquez de Coronado|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fvawt|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010|date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

===County established and growth===

Carson County was established in 1876 from [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]]. The county was organized in 1888. Panhandle, the only town at the time, became the county seat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Panhandle, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/PanhandleTexas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>

Ranching began to be established in the county in the 1880s. The [[JA Ranch]] encompassed over a million acres (4,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) within six adjoining counties. Richard E. McNalty established the Turkey Track Ranch in 1878.<ref>{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=H Allen|title=Turkey Track Ranch|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/apt08|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010|date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>
One of the early failed attempts came in 1882 when [[Charles G. Francklyn]] purchased {{convert|637440|acre|km2}} of railroad lands in adjoining counties to form the [[Francklyn Land and Cattle Company]]. The lands were later sold to the White Deer Lands Trust of British bondholders in 1886 and 1887.<ref>{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=H. Allen|title=Francklyn Land and Cattle Company|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/dsf02|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010|date=June 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Duncan Ranch History|url=http://www.cattlenet.com/history.htm|publisher=The Duncan Ranch|access-date=December 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708124144/http://www.cattlenet.com/history.htm|archive-date=July 8, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Railroads began to reach the county by 1886 when the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] subsidiary Southern Kansas Railway extended the line into Texas, making Panhandle City a railhead in 1888. In 1889, the [[Fort Worth and Denver Railway]] linked Panhandle City with [[Washburn, Texas|Washburn]] in [[Armstrong County, Texas|Armstrong County]]. In 1904, the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific|Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf]] bought the line.   In 1908, the Southern Kansas of Texas extended its line from Panhandle City to Amarillo, thus making the Kansas-Texas-New Mexico line a major transcontinental route. The [[Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad]] built across the southern edge of the county.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Santa Fe All The Way!|url=http://www.american-rails.com/atchison-topeka-and-santa-fe.html|publisher=American-Rails.com|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Route of the Rockets!|url=http://www.american-rails.com/chicago-rock-island-and-pacific.html|publisher=American-Rails.com|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>

Pumping underground water with windmills resolved the issue of bringing water from [[Roberts County, Texas|Roberts County]] via the railroad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Windmills|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/ClayCoppedge/Windmills.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>

[[White Deer, Texas|White Deer]] in 1909 became home to [[Polish people|Polish]] Catholic immigrants, who had first settled [[Panna Maria, Texas|Panna Maria]] in [[Karnes County, Texas|Karnes County]]  before migrating to Carson County.<ref>{{cite web|title=White Deer, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/WhiteDeerTexas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Panna Maria, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGhostTowns/PannaMariaTexas/PannaMariaTx.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>

Experimental drilling by [[Gulf Oil|Gulf Oil Corporation]] led to the county's, and the Panhandle's, first oil and gas production in late 1921. Borger field was discovered in 1925, sparking much oil exploration and production of the Panhandle area. By the end of 2000, more than {{convert|178398900|oilbbl}} of petroleum had been produced from county lands.<ref>{{cite book|last=Warner|first=C A|title=Texas Oil & Gas Since 1543|year=2007|publisher=Copano Bay Press|isbn=978-0-9767799-5-7|author2=Thompson, Ernest O|page=256}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Borger, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Borger/borger.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>

In September 1942, the [[Pantex|Pantex Ordnance Plant]] was built on {{convert|16076|acre|km2}} of southwestern Carson County land, to pack and load shells and bombs in support of the [[World War II]] effort. Operations ceased August 1945, and in 1949, the site was sold to [[Texas Tech University at Amarillo]] for agricultural experimentation. Pantex reopened in 1951 as a nuclear weapons assembly plant. In 1960, Pantex began high-explosives development in support of the [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] in California. Pantex has a long-term mission to safely and securely maintain the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile and dismantle weapons retired by the military.<ref>{{cite book|last=Makhijani|first=Arjun|title=Nuclear Wastelands: A Global Guide to Nuclear Weapons Production and Its Health and Environmental Effects|year=2000|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-63204-1|pages=233–239|author2=Hu, Howard |author3=Yih, Katherine }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Norris|first=Robert S|title=Pantex Lays Nukes to Rest|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|date=October 1992|pages=48, 49}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|924|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|3.9|sqmi}} (0.4%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 20, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[File:I-40 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 40 in Texas|Interstate 40]]
* [[File:US 60.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 60 in Texas|U.S. Highway 60]]
* [[File:Texas 152.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 152|State Highway 152]]
* [[File:Texas 207.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 207|State Highway 207]]
* [[File:Texas FM 293.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 293]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Hutchinson County, Texas|Hutchinson County]] (north)
* [[Roberts County, Texas|Roberts County]] (northeast)
* [[Gray County, Texas|Gray County]] (east)
* [[Donley County, Texas|Donley County]] (southeast)
* [[Armstrong County, Texas|Armstrong County]] (south)
* [[Randall County, Texas|Randall County]] (southwest)
* [[Potter County, Texas|Potter County]] (west)
* [[Moore County, Texas|Moore County]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 356
|1900= 469
|1910= 2127
|1920= 3078
|1930= 7745
|1940= 6624
|1950= 6852
|1960= 7781
|1970= 6358
|1980= 6672
|1990= 6576
|2000= 6516
|2010= 6182
|2020= 5807
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=April 20, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Carson County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Carson County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48065&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Carson County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48065&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Carson County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48065&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|5,904
|5,473
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,873
|90.61%
|88.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |83.92%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|38
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19
|0.58%
|0.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.33%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|47
|56
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46
|0.72%
|0.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.79%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|8
|19
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19
|0.12%
|0.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.33%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.02%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|2
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.03%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|58
|74
|style='background: #ffffe6; |284
|0.89%
|1.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.89%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|458
|525
|style='background: #ffffe6; |558
|7.03%
|8.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.61%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,516'''
|'''6,182'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''5,807'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, 6,516 people, 2,470 households, and 1,884 families were residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people|people|abbr=on}}. The 2,815 housing units had an average density of {{convert|3|/mi2|/km2}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 93.82% White, 0.58% African American, 1.00% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 3.06% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. About 7.03% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. In ancestry, 25.0% were of [[German people|German]], 14.2% were of [[Irish people|Irish]], 8.1% were of [[English people|English]], 4.7% were of [[United States|American]], 3.2% were of [[Scottish people|Scottish]], and 3.1% were [[Polish people|Polish]].

Of the 2,470 households, 35.8% had children under living with them, 65.3% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were not families. About 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60, and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the age distribution was 27.9% under 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,285, and for a family was $47,147. Males had a median income of $34,271 versus $23,325 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $19,368. About 5.40% of families and 7.30% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.90% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities==

===Towns===
* [[Groom, Texas|Groom]]
* [[Panhandle, Texas|Panhandle]] (county seat)
* [[Skellytown, Texas|Skellytown]]
* [[White Deer, Texas|White Deer]]

===Unincorporated community===
* [[Conway, Texas|Conway]]

===Ghost towns===
*[[Cuyler, Texas|Cuyler]]
*[[Deal, Texas|Deal]]
*[[Lark, Texas|Lark]]

==Education==
School districts:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48065_carson/DC20SD_C48065.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48065_carson/DC20SD_C48065.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Carson County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 29, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48065_carson/DC20SD_C48065_SD2MS.txt list]</ref>
* [[Groom Independent School District]]
* [[Panhandle Independent School District]]
* [[Sanford-Fritch Independent School District]]
* [[White Deer Independent School District]]

All of the county is in the service area of [[Amarillo College]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.164. AMARILLO COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.].</ref>

==Politics==
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==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[Carson County Square House Museum]]
* [[List of museums in the Texas Panhandle]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Carson County, Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Cameron-Duval)#Carson County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Carson County]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.co.carson.tx.us/ Carson County government's website]
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcc06 Carson County in ''Handbook of Texas Online''] at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050331023558/http://www.yellowmaps.com/maps/texas_state_map.htm Interactive Texas Map]
* [http://www.texas-map.info/texas-maps/texas-map.htm Texas Map Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514143045/http://www.texas-map.info/texas-maps/texas-map.htm |date=May 14, 2011 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150622125716/http://www.txcip.org/tac/census/profile.php?FIPS=48065 Carson County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Carson County, Texas
|North     = [[Hutchinson County, Texas|Hutchinson County]]
|Northeast = [[Roberts County, Texas|Roberts County]]
|East      = [[Gray County, Texas|Gray County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Armstrong County, Texas|Armstrong County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Potter County, Texas|Potter County]]
|Northwest = [[Moore County, Texas|Moore County]]
}}

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