Place:Scurry, Texas, United States

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NameScurry
Alt namesScurrysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates32.733°N 100.933°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1876 - )
See alsoBexar, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Hermleigh
Inhabited place
Arah
China Grove
Dermott
Dunn
Fluvanna
Franklin Center
Hudd
Inadale
Ira
Midway
Snyder
Union
Unknown
Camp Springs
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Scurry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,932. Its county seat is Snyder, which is the home for Western Texas College. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1884. Scurry County was one of 46 prohibition, or entirely 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.

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Date Event Source
1876 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1884 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1884 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1884 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1880 102
1890 1,415
1900 4,158
1910 10,924
1920 9,003
1930 12,188
1940 11,545
1950 22,779
1960 20,369
1970 15,760
1980 18,192
1990 18,634
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Scurry County, Texas, United States

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