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About Carson County
Carson County, in the center of the Panhandle and on the eastern edge of the Texas High Plains, is bounded on the north by Hutchinson County, on the west by Potter County, on the south by Armstrong County, and on the east by Gray County. Carson County was named for Samuel P. Carson, the first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.
Carson County has a balanced
and diversified economy based on ranching, farming, oil,
transportation, and the Pantex plant. Most of the
farmland is located in the eastern part of the county,
while the western part remains ranchland. In the 1940s
and 1950s many local farmers drilled irrigation wells to
tap the Ogallala Aquifer, and by the 1980s about 33
percent of cultivated land in the county was irrigated.
The local agricultural economy remained relatively static
after the 1940s; by 1982, land under cultivation totaled
281,424 acres. The number of farms and farmers declined,
however, as mechanization led to a growth in farm size
and corresponding decline in the number of farms.
The population of the county also remained essentially
stable after World War II. It rose from 6,624 in 1940 to
6,852 in 1950, and again to 7,781 by 1960. It declined
somewhat during the 1960s to 6,358 in 1970, then rose
again to 6,672 in 1980. In 1990 the population of the
county was to be 6,576. The bulk of the county's
population now lives in its towns, which include White
Deer, Skellytown, Groom, and Rocky Mount. Panhandle (1990
population 2,353) is Carson County's largest town and its
seat of government.
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Carson County Obituaries - 2003 Source: Amarillo Globe-Mail |
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Carson County Vital Records
Carson County Family Genealogies If you would like to submit your Carson County Family Genealogy for inclusion on the page, please send it as an e-mail attachment to me at TimeTrvlrO@aol.com. Plain text-only (.txt) formatting is preferred. You can
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Carson
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This page was last updated March 15, 2008.
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