Crosby County
Mount Blanco in Crosby County, Texas
Crosby County, Texas
Crosby County is on the eastern edge of the southern High Plains, bounded on the west by Lubbock County, on the north by Floyd County, on the east by Dickens County, and on the south by Garza County. It was named for Stephen Crosby, a Texas land commissioner during the mid-nineteenth century. U.S. Highway 82 runs west to east across the county, and State highways 207 and 651 are major north-to-south roads. The center of the county lies at 33°37' north latitude and 101°18' west longitude, about thirty miles east of Lubbock. Most of the western half of Crosby County, flat land covered by rich loam, lies above the Caprock, and the eastern part of the county and its southwestern corner are broken country below the Caprock. Drainage is to the forks of the Brazos River, White River, and numerous playas. Blanco Canyon crosses the county from northwest to southeast; at Mount Blanco the canyon is about 250 feet deep and 1½ miles wide, and is traversed by the White River. The county covers 911 square miles; its altitude ranges from 2,100 to 3,200 feet, and the average annual rainfall is 21.01 inches. Vegetation includes mesquite, hackberry, cottonwood, cedar, catclaw, cacti, and grasses, particularly curly mesquite, grama, salt, and sage. The average minimum temperature in January is 26° F; the average maximum in July is 94°. A growing season of 206 days yields $45 million average annual income from cotton, sorghums, wheat, corn, soybeans, sunflowers, cattle, hogs, and poultry. Irrigated land totals 125,000 acres.
Artifacts dating back 13,000 years to the early Paleolithic era have been discovered in Crosby County. Flint-pointed darts used with the atlatl (a type of spear-thrower) have been found and identified as Clovis, Eden, Agate Basin, Angostura, Folsom, Plainview, Meserve, Scottsbluff, and Sandia points. The darts were used to hunt the mammoth, mastodon, saber-toothed tiger, and giant ground sloth, all of which disappeared some 8,000 years ago. The early people of the area were rovers who hunted and gathered plants and differed from neighboring peoples in weapons and tools. In more modern times the area of Crosby County was inhabited by the Comanches, mounted hunters and warriors who dominated much of the South Plains in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries until their buffalo-based culture gave way to settlers and superior technology.
John Leffler | © TSHA
Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.
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Currently Exists
Yes
Place type
Crosby County is classified as a County
Altitude Range
2250 ft – 3235 ft
Size
Land area does not include water surface area, whereas total area does
- Land Area: 900.2 mi²
- Total Area: 901.7 mi²
Temperature
January mean minimum:
25.9°F
July mean maximum:
92.3°F
Rainfall, 2019
23.3 inches
Population Count, 2019
5,737
Civilian Labor Count, 2019
2,332
Unemployment, 2019
5.2%
Property Values, 2019
$919,198,006 USD
Per-Capita Income, 2019
$30,773 USD
Retail Sales, 2019
$38,191,066 USD
Wages, 2019
$14,647,709 USD
County Map of Texas
Crosby County
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Places of Crosby County
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Town | 83 (2009) | Yes | |
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Photos Nearby:
City of Ralls in Crosby County, Texas
Two Water Towers in the City of Ralls, in Crosby County, Texas. Photograph by Pete Unseth.
City of Lorenzo, Crosby County, Texas
Mural in the City of Lorenzo, in Crosby County, Texas. Photograph by Lothar1976.
City of Crosbyton, Texas
Crosby County Courthouse in the City of Crosbyton, Texas. Photograph by Lothar1976.
A Pier on White River Lake
White River Creek feeds into White River Lake. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith (Public Domain)
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