Young County

Young County, Texas

Young County, Texas

The Young County Courthouse is located in Graham, the county seat. Photograph by Renelibrary.
Young County, Texas

Young County, Texas

Map of Young County, Texas. Map Credit: Robert Plocheck.

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

Young County is classified as a County

Pronunciations

  • yuhng

Altitude Range

995 ft – 1522 ft

Size

Land area does not include water surface area, whereas total area does

  • Land Area: 914.5 mi²
  • Total Area: 930.9 mi²

Temperature

January mean minimum: 28.3°F
July mean maximum: 96.2°F

Rainfall, 2019

31.5 inches

Population Count, 2019

18,010

Civilian Labor Count, 2019

7,644

Unemployment, 2019

6.1%

Property Values, 2019

$1,995,597,201 USD

Per-Capita Income, 2019

$50,231 USD

Retail Sales, 2019

$287,489,250 USD

Wages, 2019

$77,843,369 USD

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Physical Features: Hilly, broken; drained by Brazos and tributaries; Possum Kingdom Lake, Lake Graham. Economy: Oil, agribusiness, tourism, hunting leases. History: U.S. military outpost established in 1851. Site of the Brazos Indian Reservation 1854–1859 with Caddoes, Wacos, other tribes. Anglo-American settlers arrived in the 1850s. County named for early Texan, Col. W.C. Young; created from Bosque and Fannin counties, and organized in 1856; reorganized 1874. Race/Ethnicity: (In percent) Anglo, 79.3; Black, 1.7; Hispanic, 17.4; Asian, 0.6; Other, 2.6. Vital Statistics, annual: Births, 246; deaths, 239; marriages, 150; divorces, 65. Recreation: Lake activities; hunting; old Fort Belknap; marker at oak tree in Graham where ranchers formed forerunner of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Minerals: Oil, natu- ral gas, sand, gravel. Agriculture: Beef cattle; wheat is the chief crop, also grown are hay, cotton, pecans, nursery plants. Market value $23.7 million. GRAHAM (9,317) county seat; oil, gas, agriculture, tourism, government/services; hospital; old post office museum/art center; Western heritage and days in September. Other towns include: Loving (300), named for the Loving Ranch; Newcastle (593) an old coal-mining town; Olney (3,406) aluminum, varied manufacturing, hospital; the One-Arm Dove Hunt in September; South Bend (100).