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Hudspeth County, Texas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
87historic places
—earliest paper
1917formed
3,202pop. 2020
11cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 87 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Sierra Blanca, Fort Hancock, Sierra Blance.

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 Hudspeth titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 87 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

87 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alamo Canyon-Wilkey Ranch Discontiguous Archeological DistrictFort HancockDistrict1988
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 1Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 181Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 182Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 183Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 184Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 190Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 200Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 220Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 227Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 228Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 283Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 284Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 285Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 286Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 287Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 288Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 289Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 290Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 291Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 292Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 293Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 294Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 295Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 296Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 297Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 298Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 299Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 300Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 301Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 302Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 303Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 304-305Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 306Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 307Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 308Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 309Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 311Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 312Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 313Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 339Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 340Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 409Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 410Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 411Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 412Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 413Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 414Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 415Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 416Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 417Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 418Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 419Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 420Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 421Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 422Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 423Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 424Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 425Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 426Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 427Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 428Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 429Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 430Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 431Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 432Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 433Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 434Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 435Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 436Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 437Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 438Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 439Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 440Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 441Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 442Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 443Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 445Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 448Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 464Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 465Sierra BlancaSite1991
Archeological Site No. 41 HZ 7Sierra BlancaSite1991
Hudspeth County CourthouseSierra BlancaBuilding1975
Indian Hot Springs Health Resort Historic DistrictSierra BlancaDistrict1991
Johnson, Rod, SiteSierra BlanceSite1979
Red Rock Archeological ComplexAllamoreSite1977
Tinaja de las Palmas Battle SiteSierra BlancaSite1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hudspeth was formed in 1917 (1917-06-19) from El Paso.

HUDSPETH created from EL PASO. Act passed 16 Feb 1917; took effect 19 Jun 1917.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hudspeth County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

4,2982,63096219201960197020002020
1920194019501960198020002020
9623,1494,2983,3432,7283,3443,202

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

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

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed
NameLatLon
Allamoore Cemetery31.07515-105.00078
Buffalo Soldiers Graves30.82852-105.31752
Dell City Memorial Acres Cemetery31.82637-105.20073
Esperanza Cemetery31.15866-105.7072
Fort Hancock Cemetery31.30098-105.84817
Hammack Ranch Cemetery31.79935-104.95382
Helm Cemetery31.94177-105.95637
McAdoo Ranch Cemetery31.29488-105.05452
Quitman Cemetery31.10714-105.61937
Sierra Blanca Cemetery31.18086-105.35128
Torcer Cemetery31.24463-105.54085

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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