Place:Oldham, Texas, United States

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NameOldham
Alt namesOldhamsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates35.417°N 102.6°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1876 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Adrian
Boise
Boys Ranch
Corner Windmill
Everett
Gruhlkey
Hollicott Crossing
Knoblaw
Landergin
Murdo
Old Farm Crossing
Partwood Crossing
Strip Crossing
Vega
Wildorado
Wimberly Place
Unknown
Tascosa
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Oldham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,052. Its county seat is Vega.

During the latter 1880s, the Texas surveyor and civil engineer W. D. Twichell lived in Tascosa, now a ghost town in Oldham County, prior to his relocating in 1890 to Amarillo

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History

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Oldham County was formed in 1876 and organized in 1880, and named for Williamson Simpson Oldham, a Texas pioneer and Confederate Senator. At the time of its organization, nearly the entire county was a part of the XIT Ranch. The county seat was originally at the town of Tascosa, which in the 1880s was one of the largest towns in the Panhandle. As the railroads came through the county, however, they bypassed Tascosa; several new towns and farms sprang up along the rail lines, and by 1915 Tascosa had a courthouse and almost no residents; the county seat was moved to Vega, Texas that year.

Oldham County is primarily ranch and farm land, with many thousands of acres planted in wheat, the major crop. The county also has some petroleum production and large wind farms.

In 1902, the Matador Ranch acquired the Alamositas Ranch in Oldham County. At its peak, the Matador owned 90,000 cattle and had title to of land in parts of four Texas counties.

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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
1881 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1881 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1881 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1881 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
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1880 287
1890 270
1900 349
1910 812
1920 709
1930 1,404
1940 1,385
1950 1,672
1960 1,928
1970 2,258
1980 2,283
1990 2,278
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