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Andrews County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

1historic places

—earliest paper

1876formed

18,610pop. 2020

5cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Andrews.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Andrews titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

0 of 1 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
Andrews Lake Sites	Andrews	District	1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Andrews was formed in 1876 (1876-11-19) from Tom Green, Young Territory.

ANDREWS created from TOM GREEN and Young Territory. Act passed 21 Aug 1876; took effect 19 Nov 1876.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Andrews County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
24	87	350	1,277	5,002	13,450	13,323	13,004	18,610

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

5 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Andrews County North Cemetery	32.31835	-102.56504
Andrews County Old Cemetery	32.31276	-102.56187
Andrews County West Cemetery	32.31193	-102.56277
McWhorter Cemetery	32.46042	-102.95431
Shafter Lake Cemetery	32.38131	-102.66118

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Shafter Lake	32.40455	-102.666

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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