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Lipscomb County, Texas

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

1historic places

—earliest paper

1876formed

3,059pop. 2020

9cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 2008. Most listings are in or near Lipscomb.

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 Lipscomb 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
Lipscomb County Courthouse	Lipscomb	Building	2008

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lipscomb was formed in 1876 (1876-11-19) from Bexar Territory.

LIPSCOMB created from Bexar Territory. Act passed 21 Aug 1876; took effect 19 Nov 1876.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
69	790	3,684	3,764	3,658	3,406	3,766	3,057	3,059

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

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

Cemeteries — 9 of 9 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Darrouzett Cemetery	36.44913	-100.34061
Fairmont Cemetery	36.4782	-100.11664
Fairview Cemetery	36.376	-100.21852
Heart Cemetery	36.43354	-100.52995
Higgins Cemetery	36.12796	-100.01785
Kiowa Cemetery	36.39147	-100.50141
Lipscomb Cemetery	36.22979	-100.253
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery	36.2157	-100.26673
View Point Cemetery	36.39026	-100.44964

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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