Hutchinson County, Texas







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Hutchinson County, Texas

Hutchinson County Texas Courthouse.jpg
The Hutchinson County Courthouse in Stinnett


Map of Texas highlighting Hutchinson County
Location within the U.S. state of Texas

Map of the United States highlighting Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Founded 1901
Seat Stinnett
Largest city Borger
Area
 • Total 895 sq mi (2,318 km2)
 • Land 887 sq mi (2,297 km2)
 • Water 7.5 sq mi (19 km2), 0.8%
Population
 • (2010) 22,150
 • Density 25/sq mi (10/km2)
Congressional district 13th
Time zone
Central: UTC−6/−5
Website www.co.hutchinson.tx.us

Hutchinson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 22,150.[1] Its county seat is Stinnett.[2] The county was created in 1876, but not organized until 1901.[3] It is named for Andrew Hutchinson,[4] an early Texas attorney.


Hutchinson County comprises the Borger, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Amarillo-Borger, TX Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the northern portion of the Texas Panhandle. The history of Hutchinson County is accented in downtown Borger in the Hutchinson County Historical Museum, also known as Boomtown Revisited. Hutchinson County is the county with the most ghost towns in the Texas Panhandle.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Native Americans


    • 1.2 Early explorations


    • 1.3 Early ranch entrepreneurs


    • 1.4 County established




  • 2 Geography


    • 2.1 Major highways


    • 2.2 Adjacent counties


    • 2.3 National protected area




  • 3 Demographics


  • 4 Communities


    • 4.1 Cities


    • 4.2 Town


    • 4.3 Census-designated place


    • 4.4 Other unincorporated communities


    • 4.5 Ghost towns




  • 5 Notable residents


  • 6 Politics


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History



Native Americans


Artifacts of the Antelope Creek Indian culture abound along the Canadian River valley in Hutchinson County. Archaeologists have found 1,300 acres (5.3 km2) of Alibates flint in the area that was used as a quarry for shaping flint tools. Nomadic Plains Apache also camped in this area as did Comanche, Arapaho, Kiowa, and Cheyenne.[5][6]


Bent, St. Vrain and Company established a trading post in this area to tap into Indian trading. Known as Fort Adobe, it was blown up by traders three years later due to Indian depredations. The ruins became known as Adobe Walls.[7]


The First Battle of Adobe Walls took place in 1864 when General James H. Carleton sent Col. Christopher (Kit) Carson into the area to avenge for repeated Indian attacks. Carson and several hundred cavalry officers were greatly outnumbered by Kiowa and Comanche and forced to retreat. The Second Battle of Adobe Walls took place in 1874. A group of buffalo hunters attempted a revitalization of Fort Adobe. The Comanches, Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa saw the fort and the decimation of the buffalo herd as a threat to their existence. Comanche medicine man Isa-tai prophesied a victory and immunity to the white man’s bullets in battle. Quanah Parker lead several hundred in a raid on the fort. The buffalo hunters were able to force the Indians into retreat.[8][9]



Early explorations


In 1541, an expedition led by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado traversed the area on its Great Plains quest for Quivira on the search for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold.[10][11] Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate passed through in 1601 on his Kansas expedition.[12] Buffalo hunters and Comanchero from New Mexico hunted and traded in the vicinity until the 1870s.[13] The first Anglo-American expedition to come through the county was led by Stephen H. Long, who mistook the Canadian River for the Red River, in August 1820.[14]Josiah Gregg brought his Santa Fe caravan through in March 1840.[15][16] During the month of December 1858, Lt. Edward Beale with 100 men passed through the county constructing a federally funded military road, the first to be constructed in the American Southwest. The road went from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Los Angeles. It was named the Beale Wagon Road by Secretary of War John B. Floyd.[17]



Early ranch entrepreneurs


In November 1876, Kansan Thomas Sherman Bugbee established the Quarter Circle T Ranch.[18] The Scissors Ranch was begun in 1878 by William E. Anderson at the Abobe Walls site. The ranch was named after the brand, which looked like a pair of scissors.[19]Coloradan Richard E. McNalty moved to Texas and began the Turkey Track Ranch, which he sold to Charles Wood and Jack Snider in 1881.[20]Scotland-born James M. Coburn formed the Hansford Land and Cattle Company. The Quarter Circle T Ranch and Scissors Ranch were sold to Coburn in 1882. Coburn acquired the Turkey Track Ranch in 1883.[21]



County established


Hutchinson County was established in 1876. The county was not organized until 1901, when Plemons became the county seat.[22] For the next four decades, ranching dominated the county's economy, while crop cultivation made gradual headway.[23]


The Panhandle oilfield was discovered in the 1920s. On June 1, 1923, the Sanford No. 1 J. C. Whittington well in southwestern Hutchinson County reached a depth of 3,077 feet (938 m) and found flowing oil. Towns sprang up in response. The population mushroomed from 721 in 1920 to 14,848 in 1930 as a result of the oil boom. By 1990, 526,670,107 barrels (83,733,855.6 m3) of oil had been taken from Hutchinson County lands since 1923.[24][25]


Stinnett became the county seat after a special election on September 18, 1926.[26]



Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 895 square miles (2,320 km2), of which 887 square miles (2,300 km2) are land and 7.5 square miles (19 km2) (0.8%) are covered by water.[27]



Major highways




  • Texas 136.svg State Highway 136


  • Texas 152.svg State Highway 152


  • Texas 207.svg State Highway 207



Adjacent counties





  • Hansford County (north)


  • Roberts County (east)


  • Carson County (south)


  • Moore County (west)


  • Potter County (southwest)


  • Gray County (southeast)


  • Sherman County (northwest)


  • Ochiltree County (northeast)




National protected area



  • Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (part)


Demographics





































































































Historical population
Census Pop.
%±
1880 50 —
1890 58 16.0%
1900 303 422.4%
1910 892 194.4%
1920 721 −19.2%
1930 14,848 1,959.4%
1940 19,069 28.4%
1950 31,580 65.6%
1960 34,419 9.0%
1970 24,443 −29.0%
1980 26,304 7.6%
1990 25,689 −2.3%
2000 23,857 −7.1%
2010 22,150 −7.2%
Est. 2016 21,511 [28] −2.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[29]
1850–2010[30] 2010–2014[1]

As of the census[31] of 2000, 23,857 people, 9,283 households, and 6,869 families resided in the county. The population density was 27 people per square mile (10/km2). The 10,871 housing units averaged 12 per square mile (5/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 87.00% White, 2.41% Black or African American, 1.35% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 6.66% from other races, and 2.21% from two or more races. About 14.70% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.


Of the 9,283 households, 34.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.40% were married couples living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.00% were not families. About 23.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.00.


In the county, the population was distributed as 27.40% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 15.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.


The median income for a household in the county was $36,588, and for a family was $42,500. Males had a median income of $40,029 versus $19,952 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,317. About 8.80% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.70% of those under age 18 and 7.30% of those age 65 or over.



Communities



Cities



  • Borger


  • Fritch (small part in Moore County)

  • Stinnett



Town


  • Sanford


Census-designated place


  • Lake Meredith Estates


Other unincorporated communities



  • Pringle

  • Spring Creek

  • Texroy



Ghost towns



  • Adobe Walls

  • Dial

  • Phillips

  • Plemons

  • Whittenburg



Notable residents




  • Donny Anderson, Green Bay Packers football player


  • Mary Castle, actress


  • Billy Dixon, Indian scout, Medal of Honor winner, and sheriff of Hutchinson County


  • J. Evetts Haley, historian and political activist, operated a ranch in Hutchinson County in the 1930s.


  • G. William Miller, former United States Secretary of the Treasury and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board


  • Ron White, comedian, most noted for his work with the Blue Collar Comedy Tour


  • Roy Whittenburg, rancher, newspaper publisher, and banker born in Hutchinson County in 1913



Politics



Presidential elections results















































































































































































Presidential elections results[32]
Year
Republican
Democratic
Third parties

2016
86.4% 7,042
 10.5% 854
 3.2% 259

2012
85.8% 6,804
 13.2% 1,045
 1.0% 79

2008
84.0% 7,361
 15.1% 1,322
 0.9% 78

2004
83.7% 7,839
 16.0% 1,503
 0.3% 27

2000
79.6% 7,443
 19.2% 1,796
 1.2% 112

1996
64.8% 6,350
 26.0% 2,553
 9.2% 900

1992
55.4% 6,034
 26.0% 2,833
 18.6% 2,021

1988
71.5% 7,526
 28.0% 2,950
 0.5% 50

1984
81.3% 9,078
 18.4% 2,052
 0.4% 41

1980
70.0% 7,439
 27.6% 2,935
 2.4% 258

1976
61.8% 6,137
 37.2% 3,691
 1.1% 105

1972
81.3% 7,411
 15.4% 1,405
 3.3% 305

1968
47.4% 4,813
 23.8% 2,416
 28.8% 2,919

1964
53.6% 5,358
 46.3% 4,625
 0.2% 17

1960
66.0% 6,432
 33.8% 3,295
 0.2% 20

1956
54.7% 5,110
 44.8% 4,184
 0.5% 42

1952
51.3% 5,369
 48.6% 5,083
 0.1% 13

1948
 23.0% 1,382
75.3% 4,527
 1.7% 100

1944
 22.6% 864
72.1% 2,760
 5.3% 202

1940
 26.7% 1,101
73.1% 3,019
 0.2% 9

1936
 13.6% 390
86.3% 2,478
 0.2% 5

1932
 20.1% 505
78.8% 1,976
 1.1% 27

1928
60.4% 1,115
 39.6% 730

1924
 29.5% 69
68.0% 159
 2.6% 6

1920
 42.9% 106
54.7% 135
 2.4% 6

1916
 18.5% 28
75.5% 114
 6.0% 9

1912
 17.2% 16
76.3% 71
 6.5% 6




See also




  • List of museums in the Texas Panhandle

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Hutchinson County, Texas

  • Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Hutchinson County



References





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External links



  • http://www.co.hutchinson.tx.us


  • History of Hutchinson County, Texas: 104 years, 1876–1980, hosted by the Portal to Texas History


  • 20th Century Burials in Hutchinson County, Texas from 1901–1999[permanent dead link], hosted by the Portal to Texas History


  • Hutchinson County from the Handbook of Texas Online

  • Hutchinson County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties






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