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Saturday, 16-Feb-2013 08:27:14 MST
Seated in northeastern
Texas against the Oklahoma border is Wilbarger County.
The County was established in 1858 from lands formerly
assigned to the Bexar District. Its rolling plains are
surfaced by sandy, loam, and waxy soils that support
tall grasses, mesquite, and oak trees. Wilbarger is
bordered by the Texas counties of Archer,
Wichita,
Baylor,
Foard
and Hardeman, and
the Oklahoma counties of Jackson
and Tillman.
Until the 1870s, the area that is now Wilbarger County
was part of the buffalo hunting ground of the Wanderers
Band of Comanche. The first Great Western Trail drives
came through the county and crossed the Red River near
Doan's Crossing.
Hi, my name is Alicia
Littlejohn, the Wilbarger County Coordinator, and
I would like to welcome you to the Wilbarger County
TXGenWeb Project. I'm very glad you stopped by and
hope that you find this website useful for your
genealogical research. I'm always in the need of
help in getting data on-line. If you'd be interested
in helping, please let me know. I may not be able to
help with specific research questions, but should
you have any questions or comments regarding the
Wilbarger County Genealogy Project, please e-mail
me.
I don't live in Wilbarger County but I will do my best to help you in any way I can.
Pictured
in the sidebar of this page: (top) Wilbarger County's
first courthouse, built in 1890; (bottom) Corwin
Doan's store, built in 1878.
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