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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.
To post your Queries, Biographies, Bible
Records, Deeds, Obituaries,
Pensions, and Wills, please visit the new Rootsweb Message Board
for Carson County, Texas.
Carson County Message Board
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World
War
I
and
World
War
II
Texas Panhandle Casualties
and Missing in Action
World War I
World War II
Source:
Amarillo
Globe-News
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NARA
--
Access
to
Military
Service
and
Pension
Records
The National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) is the official repository for records of
military personnel who have been discharged from the U.S. Air Force,
Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard.
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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 also send
it in one or two emails,
if you'd like... 8-)
Your genealogy does not have to
be exclusive to Carson County, but your family should have been
residents of the county for a period of time.
Photos can be added to your
family page.
Submit them in .jpg, .gif, or .bmp format only.
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McBee-Sargent-Luster
and
Cook-Newman
Genealogies
submitted by Elnora Cook-Wyrick
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 Texas
Panhandle
Ranches
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Ranches.org
is home for several
Texas panhandle ranches.
Included on the site, which is
maintained by rancher Jay O'Brien,
are biographical
sketches,
ranch histories, and information
about the McLean
Feedyard.
Ranches included
are:
The Swamp--O'Brien Ranch,
the JA, The
Circle,
and the Exell Ranch.
Biographies
include:
John G. O'Brien,
G.W.
O'Brien,
Will
O'Brien, Exie
Eagan
O'Brien,
James
Christopher
Paul,
and Howard Paul.
Another feature of
the page is
Judge Howard Paul's memories of
Early Days in Carson County.
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Surname
Helper
Surname Helper is a surname engine for queries and surname registrations
posted on various genealogy sites.
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HELLO
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WELCOME!
My name is LaRae Halsey-Brooks, and my daughter,
Eireann Brooks, and I are the County Co-Coordinators
for the Carson County TXGenWeb Project.
If you would like to contribute your research findings
or volunteer in another capacity
for the Carson County TXGenWeb Project page,
please let us know.
Thanks!
LaRae & Eireann
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If you are interested in sponsoring a
county
in the TXGenWeb Project,
or have questions regarding the TXGenWeb Project,
please contact:
TXGenWeb State Coordinator - Shirley Cullum
Asst State Coordinator - Jane
Keppler
Asst State Coordinator - Elaine
Martin
For more information, you may also visit
the Texas
Counties page.
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your vote.
County
of
the
Month
Thank you!
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Carson County Mailing List
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County mailing list, sponsored by Rootsweb!
To subscribe to the list, send the word
"subscribe" (without the quotes)
as the only text in the body of a message to
TXCARSON-L-request@rootsweb.com
Posting instructions will be provided
in the Welcome message you receive when you subscribe.
Carson
County Co-Coordinators:
LaRae Halsey-Brooks & Eireann
Brooks
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This
page was last updated January 1, 2012.
© 1997-2012 by the Carson County
Coordinator
for the TXGenWeb Project
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