Scurry County, Texas Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Scurry County
U.S. county
Scurry County Courthouse in Snyder
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1884
Named for	William Read Scurry
Seat	Snyder
Largest city	Snyder
Area
• Total	908 sq mi (2,350 km²)
• Land	905 sq mi (2,340 km²)
• Water	2.1 sq mi (5 km²) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	16,932
• Density	18.648/sq mi (7.200/km²)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	19th

Scurry County marker

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.

History
Geography
- Major highways
- Adjacent counties
Demographics
- 2020 census
Communities
Gallery
See also

History

"This county, lying directly north of Mitchell County, was created in 1876, and was organized June 28, 1884. It was named for William Read Scurry, lawyer and Confederate Army general. Until 1909 it was without railroad facilities, and the nearest shipping points were Colorado City on the south and still later the railroad towns in Fisher County on the east.

The first railroad was the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway, built from Roscoe on the Texas & Pacific in Nolan County, to Snyder, the county seat of Scurry County, about 1909, and subsequently extended to Fluvanna, also in Scurry County. In 1911, the Texico-Coleman division of the Santa Fe system was built through the county, giving it a trunk line of railway. Development has been particularly rapid during the early 1900s.

Some of the important pioneer facts concerning Scurry County are found in a sketch of W.H. Snyder, after whom the county seat town was named. In 1877 he opened a trading camp in the county, hauling lumber on wagons from Dallas to build his store and also hauling a good portion of his goods from the same place. He used what was known as trail wagons, with seven yoke of oxen to a team, each wagon having a capacity of 50,000 pounds. Mr. Snyder erected a house in Scurry County and began dealing in general merchandise and supplies for buffalo hunters. Other parties moved into the same locality, and that was the beginning of the Town of Snyder.

In 1882, Mr. Snyder laid out the town, and two years later it became the county seat. Snyder has had an enterprising citizenship, and ten years later had an independent school district, four churches, and was an important center for trade.

Its importance has greatly increased since the coming of the railway, and in 1910 its population was 2,154. Other towns have sprung up along the railway, the most important of which is Fluvanna, at the terminus of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific, and Hermleigh."

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 908 square miles (2,350 km²), of which 905 square miles (2,340 km²) is land and 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²) (0.2%) is water.

Major highways

U.S. Highway 84
U.S. Highway 180
State Highway 208
State Highway 350

Adjacent counties

Kent County (north)
Fisher County (east)
Mitchell County (south)
Borden County (west)
Garza County (northwest)

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1880	102	—
1890	1,415	1,287.3%
1900	4,158	193.9%
1910	10,924	162.7%
1920	9,003	−17.6%
1930	12,188	35.4%
1940	11,545	−5.3%
1950	22,779	97.3%
1960	20,369	−10.6%
1970	15,760	−22.6%
1980	18,192	15.4%
1990	18,634	2.4%
2000	16,361	−12.2%
2010	16,921	3.4%
2020	16,932	0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census 1850–2010 2010 2020

2020 census

**Scurry County, Texas - Demographic Profile**
(*NH = Non-Hispanic*)
Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2010	Pop 2020	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	9,773	8,637	57.76%	51.01%
Black or African American alone (NH)	764	599	4.52%	3.54%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	47	60	0.28%	0.35%
Asian alone (NH)	48	82	0.28%	0.48%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	2	5	0.01%	0.03%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	12	27	0.07%	0.16%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)	126	383	0.74%	2.26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	6,149	7,139	36.34%	42.16%
Total	16,921	16,932	100.00%	100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

Communities

City

Snyder (county seat)

Census-designated place

Hermleigh

Unincorporated communities

Gallery

Veterans Monument at the Scurry County Courthouse
Scurry County Museum is located on the campus of Western Texas College in Snyder
Scurry County Library in Snyder
West Texas State Bank in Snyder serves Scurry County
Abandoned buildings, such as this one located off US Route 84 in northern Scurry County, are seen throughout the South Plains. This building was the Dermott Post Office located in Dermott, Scurry County, TX. It had an attached home for the Postmaster.
Water tank in Scurry County, Texas, near Snyder, on north side of Hwy 84. .