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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
Randall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 140,753. Its county seat is Canyon. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1889. It is named for Horace Randal, a Confederate brigadier general killed at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. The reason the county name differs from his is because the bill creating the county misspelled Randal's name.
Randall County, alongside adjacent Potter County is part of the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
At one time, the large JA Ranch, founded by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair, which reached into six counties, held acreage in Randall 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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| 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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| 1889 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1889 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1889 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1889 | 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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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1880 | 3
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| 1890 | 187
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| 1900 | 963
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| 1910 | 3,312
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| 1920 | 3,675
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| 1930 | 7,071
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| 1940 | 7,185
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| 1950 | 13,774
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| 1960 | 33,913
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| 1970 | 53,885
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| 1980 | 75,062
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| 1990 | 89,673
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