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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
Parmer County is a county located in the southwestern Texas Panhandle on the High Plains of the Llano Estacado in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,869. The county seat is Farwell. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1907. It is named in honor of Martin Parmer, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and early judge. Parmer County was one of 10 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas, but is now a wet county.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1876 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1890 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1890 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1907 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1907 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1907 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1907 | Probate 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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| 1890 | 7
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| 1900 | 34
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| 1910 | 1,555
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| 1920 | 1,699
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| 1930 | 5,869
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| 1940 | 5,890
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| 1950 | 5,787
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| 1960 | 9,583
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| 1970 | 10,509
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| 1980 | 11,038
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| 1990 | 9,863
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