Place:Gray, Texas, United States

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NameGray
Alt namesGraysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates35.417°N 101.817°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1876 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Alanreed
Back
Bowers City
Boydston
Denworth
Heaton
Hoover
Kingsmill Camp
Kingsmill
Laketon
Lefors
McLean
Mesilla Park
Pampa
Wesco
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Gray County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 21,227. The county seat is Pampa. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1902. is named for Peter W. Gray, a Confederate lawyer and soldier in the American Civil War.

Gray County comprises the Pampa, TX micropolitan statistical area.

Gray County was the center of the White Deer Lands Management Company, which ceased operations in 1957. The history of the company is the theme of the White Deer Land Museum in Pampa, but company archives are at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon. Timothy Dwight Hobart, the White Deer land agent from 1903 to 1924, was elected mayor of Pampa in 1927.


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Timeline

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
1902 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1902 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1902 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1903 Court 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 56
1890 203
1900 480
1910 3,405
1920 4,663
1930 22,090
1940 23,911
1950 24,728
1960 31,535
1970 26,949
1980 26,386
1990 23,967
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