Editing Scurry County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Scurry, Texas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Scurry County 
 | state                = Texas 
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = 1884 
 | seat wl              = Snyder 
 | largest city wl      = Snyder 
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 908 
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 905 
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 2.1 
 | area percentage      = 0.2 
 | census yr            = 2020 
 | pop                  = 16932
 | density_sq_mi        = auto 
 | ex image             = Scurry County Courthouse, Snyder, TX IMG 4574.JPG 
 | ex image size        = 250 
 | ex image cap         = Scurry County Courthouse in Snyder 
 | web                  = www.co.scurry.tx.us 
 | time zone            = Central
 | district             = 19th
 | named for            = [[William Read Scurry]]
}}
[[Image:Scurry County, TX, sign IMG 1758.JPG|right|thumb|175px|Scurry County marker]]

'''Scurry 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 16,932.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scurry County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48415|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Snyder, Texas|Snyder]],<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}}</ref> which is the home for [[Western Texas College]]. Scurry County is named for Confederate General William Scurry. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1884.<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 26, 2015|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211092736/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/TX_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Scurry County was one of 46 [[prohibition]], or entirely [[Dry county|dry]], counties in the state of Texas, until a 2006 election approved the sale of [[beer]] and [[wine]] in Snyder, and a 2008 election approved the sale of [[liquor]] by the drink throughout the county.

Scurry County comprises the Snyder, Texas, [[micropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
This county, lying directly north of [[Mitchell County, Texas|Mitchell County]], was created in 1876, and was organized June 28, 1884. It was named for [[William Read Scurry]], lawyer and Confederate Army general. Until 1909, it was without railroad facilities, and the nearest shipping points were [[Colorado City, Texas|Colorado City]] to the south and still later the railroad towns in [[Fisher County, Texas|Fisher County]] to the east.

The first railroad was the [[Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway]], built from [[Roscoe, Texas|Roscoe]] on the Texas & Pacific in [[Nolan County, Texas|Nolan County]], to Snyder, the county seat of Scurry County, about 1909, and subsequently extended to [[Fluvanna, Texas|Fluvanna]], also in Scurry County. In 1911, the Texico-Coleman division of the [[Santa Fe Railroad|Santa Fe]] system was built through the county, giving it a trunk line of railway. Development has been particularly rapid during the early 1900s.

Some of the important pioneer facts concerning Scurry County are found in a sketch of W.H. Snyder, after whom the county seat town was named. In 1877, he opened a trading camp in the county, hauling lumber on wagons from Dallas to build his store and also hauling a good portion of his goods from the same place. He used what was known as trail wagons, with seven yoke of oxen to a team, each wagon having a capacity of 50,000 pounds. Mr. Snyder erected a house in Scurry County and began dealing in general merchandise and supplies for buffalo hunters. Other parties moved into the same locality, and that was the beginning of the town of Snyder.

In 1882, Mr. Snyder laid out the town, and two years later, it became the county seat. Snyder has had an enterprising citizenship, and 10 years later had an independent school district and four churches, and was an important center for trade.

Its importance has greatly increased since the coming of the railway, and in 1910, its population was 2,154. Other towns have sprung up along the railway, the most important of which is Fluvanna, at the terminus of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific, and [[Hermleigh, Texas|Hermleigh]]."<ref>[[Fehrenbach, T.R.]] "Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans" [[Da Capo Press]], 2000.</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|908|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|905|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|2.1|sqmi}} (0.2%) 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=May 10, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

Since 1952, Lake [https://www.twdb.texas.gov/surfacewater/rivers/reservoirs/jb_thomas/index.asp J. B. Thomas] has operated in Scurry County covering up to 7,282 acres when filled to the morning glory spillway at elevation of 2,258 ft above sea level.

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 84.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 84 in Texas|U.S. Highway 84]]
* [[Image:US 180.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 180 in Texas|U.S. Highway 180]]
* [[Image:Texas 208.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 208|State Highway 208]]
* [[Image:Texas 350.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 350|State Highway 350]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Kent County, Texas|Kent County]] (north)
* [[Fisher County, Texas|Fisher County]] (east)
* [[Mitchell County, Texas|Mitchell County]] (south)
* [[Borden County, Texas|Borden County]] (west)
* [[Garza County, Texas|Garza County]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 102
|1890= 1415
|1900= 4158
|1910= 10924
|1920= 9003
|1930= 12188
|1940= 11545
|1950= 22779
|1960= 20369
|1970= 15760
|1980= 18192
|1990= 18634
|2000= 16361
|2010= 16921
|2020= 16932
|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 Decade|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=May 10, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Scurry 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 – Scurry County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48415&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[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) – Scurry County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48415&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) – Scurry County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48415&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|10,672
|9,773
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,637
|65.23%
|57.76%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |51.01%
|-
|&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|984
|764
|style='background: #ffffe6; |599
|6.01%
|4.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.54%
|-
|&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|50
|47
|style='background: #ffffe6; |60
|0.31%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|36
|48
|style='background: #ffffe6; |82
|0.22%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.48%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.00%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|1
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27
|0.01%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|74
|126
|style='background: #ffffe6; |383
|0.45%
|0.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.26%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|4,544
|6,149
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,139
|27.77%
|36.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42.16%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''16,361'''
|'''16,921'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''16,932'''
|'''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, 16,361 people, 5,756 households, and 4,161 families resided in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|18|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. The 7,112 housing units averaged {{convert|8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 81.27% White, 6.06% Black or African American, 0.53% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 10.51% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. About 27.77% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,756 households, 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.40% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were not families; 25.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55, and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county, the population was distributed as 25.20% under the age of 18, 10.70% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,646, and for a family was $38,467. Males had a median income of $30,399 versus $18,061 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $15,871. About 12.60% of families and 16.00% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.60% of those under age 18 and 11.70% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities==
===City===
* [[Snyder, Texas|Snyder]] (county seat)

===Census-designated place===
* [[Fluvanna, Texas|Fluvanna]]
* [[Hermleigh, Texas|Hermleigh]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Dunn, Texas|Dunn]]
* [[Ira, Texas|Ira]]

===Ghost Town===
* [[Pyron, Texas|Pyron]]

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Scurry County, Texas|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,945|734|42|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,983|818|79|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,410|733|169|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,124|838|65|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,414|1,088|67|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,576|981|15|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,060|1,193|73|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,929|2,099|836|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,670|1,609|1,842|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,749|2,119|26|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,028|1,564|37|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,745|2,003|98|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|2,797|2,639|23|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,777|1,223|50|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,745|2,031|1,085|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,741|3,381|15|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,235|3,020|35|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,250|2,691|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,620|2,480|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|201|2,040|67|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|285|1,761|130|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|280|2,303|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|162|1,746|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|105|1,604|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,597|462|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|269|1,292|49|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|151|801|54|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|40|994|81|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|31|661|122|Texas}}

==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48415_scurry/DC20SD_C48415.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kent County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48415_scurry/DC20SD_C48415_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Colorado Independent School District]]
* [[Hermleigh Independent School District]]
* [[Ira Independent School District]]
* [[Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District]]
* [[Snyder Independent School District]]

The [[Texas Legislature]] designated the county as being in the [[Western Texas College District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm|title=Sec. 130.210.  WESTERN TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.|access-date=2024-09-22}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Veterans Monument at Snyder, TX IMG 4561.JPG|Veterans Monument at the Scurry County Courthouse
Image:Scurry County Museum, Snyder, TX IMG 1769.JPG|Scurry County Museum is located on the campus of [[Western Texas College]] in Snyder.
Image:Scurry County Library, Snyder, TX IMG 4605.JPG|Scurry County Library in Snyder
Image:West Texas State Bank in Snyder, TX IMG 4581.JPG|West Texas State Bank in Snyder serves Scurry County.
Image:Abandoned building in Scurry County, TX IMG 1759.JPG|Abandoned buildings, such as this one located off [[US Route 84]] in northern Scurry County, are seen throughout the [[South Plains]]. This building was the Dermott Post Office located in Dermott, Scurry County, TX. It had an attached home for the postmaster.
File:Development Corp of Snyder - water tank.jpg|Water tank in Scurry County, Texas, near Snyder, on north side of Hwy 84
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Sabine-Travis)#Scurry County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Scurry County]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.co.scurry.tx.us/ Scurry County government's website]
* {{Handbook of Texas|id=hcs07|name=Scurry County}}
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=%22United+States+-+Texas+-+Scurry+County%22&t=dc.coverage Historic Scurry County materials], hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History.]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txscurry/index.htm TXGenWeb Scurry County website]
* [http://genealogytrails.com/tex/scurry/.com Scurry County Genealogy Trails]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.txcip.org/tac/census/profile.php?FIPS=48415 Scurry County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Scurry County, Texas
|North     = [[Kent County, Texas|Kent County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Fisher County, Texas|Fisher County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Mitchell County, Texas|Mitchell County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Borden County, Texas|Borden County]]
|Northwest = [[Garza County, Texas|Garza County]]
}}

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