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Deaf Smith County, Texas

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

2historic places

—earliest paper

1876formed

18,583pop. 2020

5cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Hereford, Glenrio.

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 Deaf Smith titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Black, E. B., House	Hereford	Building	1978
Glenrio Historic District	Glenrio	District	2007

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Deaf Smith was formed in 1876 (1876-11-19) from Young Territory.

DEAF SMITH created from Young Territory. Act passed 21 Aug 1876; took effect 19 Nov 1876.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
38	843	3,747	6,056	9,111	13,187	21,165	18,561	18,583

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
Old La Plata Cemetery	34.96962	-102.59797
Palo Duro Wildorado Cemetery	35.11681	-102.20457
Rest Lawn Cemetery	34.86471	-102.40617
Saint Anthonys Cemetery	34.83279	-102.40892
West Park Cemetery	34.82109	-102.42177

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Glenrio	35.17895	-103.04217

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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