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Collingsworth County, Texas

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

2historic places

—earliest paper

1876formed

2,652pop. 2020

10cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1996. Most listings are in or near Wellington.

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 Collingsworth titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
State Highway 203 (Old TX 52) Bridge at Salt Fork of the Red River	Wellington	Structure	2015
US 83 Bridge at the Salt Fork of the Red River	Wellington	Structure	1996

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Collingsworth was formed in 1876 (1876-11-19) from Wegefarth.

COLLINGSWORTH created from WEGEFARTH (extinct). Act passed 21 Aug 1876; took effect 19 Nov 1876.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Collingsworth County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6	1,233	9,154	10,331	9,139	6,276	4,648	3,206	2,652

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

10 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Dodson Cemetery	34.77529	-100.01181
Dozier Cemetery	35.052	-100.36123
Memorial Gardens Cemetery	34.86241	-100.20998
Needwood Cemetery	35.02359	-100.06254
North Fairview Cemetery	34.84998	-100.2258
Old Wellington Cemetery	34.86228	-100.20734
Plymouth Cemetery	35.01631	-100.29133
Quail Cemetery	34.85551	-100.3529
Rolla Cemetery	34.79435	-100.31157
South Fairview Cemetery	34.84776	-100.22875

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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