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Potter County, Texas

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
37historic places
—earliest paper
1876formed
118,525pop. 2020
4cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 37 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966. Most listings are in or near Amarillo, Fritch.

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 Potter titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

28 of 37 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

37 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alibates Flint Quarries National MonumentFritchDistrict1966
Amarillo BuildingAmarilloBuilding2018
Amarillo College Administration Building and GymnasiumAmarilloBuilding1992
Amarillo US Post Office and CourthouseAmarilloBuilding2000
American National Bank of Amarillo and SPS TowerAmarilloBuilding2019
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Depot and Locomotive No. 5000AmarilloDistrict1986
Bivins HouseAmarilloBuilding1974
Bivins, Miles and Myda, HouseAmarilloBuilding1992
Central Presbyterian ChurchAmarilloBuilding1991
Curtis, Alice Ghormley, HouseAmarilloBuilding1992
Douglas DC-3 Airplane, N34AmarilloStructure1997
First Baptist ChurchAmarilloBuilding1983
Fisk Medical Arts BuildingAmarilloBuilding2012
Green Acres ApartmentsAmarilloDistrict2024
Herring HotelAmarilloBuilding2024
Jons-Gilvin HouseAmarilloBuilding1992
Kouns-Jackson HouseAmarilloBuilding1992
Landergin-Harrington HouseAmarilloBuilding1977
Levine's Department StoreAmarilloBuilding2016
McBride Canyon RuinFritchSite1985
McBride Ranch HouseAmarilloBuilding1975
McMillen ApartmentsAmarilloBuilding2010
Northwest Texas Hospital School of NursingAmarilloBuilding1996
Oliver-Eakle-Barfield BuildingAmarilloBuilding2019
Plemons-Mrs. M. D. Oliver-Eakle Additions Historic DistrictAmarilloDistrict1992
Polk Street Methodist ChurchAmarilloBuilding1992
Potter County Courthouse and LibraryAmarilloBuilding1996
RanchotelAmarilloBuilding1995
Sanborn, Henry B. and Ellen M., HouseAmarilloBuilding1992
Santa Fe BuildingAmarilloBuilding1996
Shelton-Houghton HouseAmarilloBuilding1980
Smith, Louis H., Inc. Firestone StoreAmarilloBuilding2015
St. Anthony’s HospitalAmarilloBuilding2021
Triangle MotelAmarilloDistrict2010
US Route 66-Sixth Street Historic DistrictAmarilloDistrict1994
Vineyard ManorAmarilloBuilding2014
Wolflin Historic DistrictAmarilloDistrict1992

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Potter was formed in 1876 (1876-11-19) from Bexar Territory, Young Territory.

POTTER created from Bexar Territory 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

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

121k61k28188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
281,82016,71054,26573,366115,58098,637113,546118,525

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Alibates Flint Quarries National MonumentPark unit28.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed
NameLatLon
Arnot Cemetery35.28561-101.92074
Memorial Park Cemetery35.1959-101.76019
Saint Francis Cemetery35.26533-101.6349
Townsend Cemetery35.28514-101.9465

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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