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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Gray County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 22,535. Gray County is named for Peter W. Gray, a Confederate lawyer and soldier in the American Civil War. The seat of the county is Pampa.
Gray County is part of the Pampa 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 1903–1924, was elected mayor of Pampa in 1927.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1876 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1902 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1902 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1902 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 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
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| 1880 | 56
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| 1890 | 203
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| 1900 | 480
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| 1910 | 3,405
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| 1920 | 4,663
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| 1930 | 22,090
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| 1940 | 23,911
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| 1950 | 24,728
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| 1960 | 31,535
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| 1970 | 26,949
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| 1980 | 26,386
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| 1990 | 23,967
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