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Fisher County is a
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located in the
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of
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,672. The
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is Roby. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1886. It is named for
Samuel Rhoads Fisher Samuel Rhoads Fisher was the secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas. He was born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1794 and settled in Texas in 1830 with his wife and four children in the Matagorda area. He represented Matagorda Municipality ...
, a signer of the
Texas Declaration of Independence The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and was forma ...
and a Secretary of the Navy of the
Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas ( es, República de Tejas) was a sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846, that bordered Mexico, the Republic of the Rio Grande in 1840 (another breakaway republic from Mex ...
. Fisher County was one of 30 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in Texas, but is now a fully wet county.


History

* 10000 BC - Paleo-Indians were the first inhabitants. Later Native American inhabitants include the
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, Wichita and Waco,
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,
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, and
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. * 1876 - The Texas legislature formed Fisher County from Bexar districts. The new county was named after
Samuel Rhoads Fisher Samuel Rhoads Fisher was the secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas. He was born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1794 and settled in Texas in 1830 with his wife and four children in the Matagorda area. He represented Matagorda Municipality ...
. * 1880 - The census reported 136 inhabitants. * 1881 - The Texas and Pacific Railway routed an east–west branch through Eskota. * 1885 - The town of Fisher was registered.
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immigrants founded the community of Swedonia. * 1886 - The town of North Roby was registered. Roby eventually won the county seat election over Fisher, but one of the voters, a Mr. Bill Purp, was later discovered to have been actually a dog whose owner lived near Roby. * 1920 - Fisher County was among Texas leaders in wheat production. * 1926 - Cotton became king, as 48,000 bales were ginned in the county. * 1928 - Oil was discovered in the county. * 1970 - The county's average annual farm income was evenly divided between livestock and crops.


Geography

According to the
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, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.3%) is covered by water.


Major highways

* U.S. Highway 180 * State Highway 70 * State Highway 92


Adjacent counties

* Stonewall County (north) * Jones County (east) * Taylor County (southeast) * Nolan County (south) * Mitchell County (southwest) *
Scurry County Scurry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,932. Its county seat is Snyder, which is the home for Western Texas College. Scurry County is named for Confederate General William ...
(west) * Kent County (northwest)


Demographics

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' As of the
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of 2000, 4,344 people, 1,785 households, and 1,244 families resided in the county. The
population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...
was five people per square mile (2/km2). The 2,277 housing units averaged two per square mile (1/km2). The
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of the county was 83.75% White, 2.76% Black or African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 11.58% from other races, and 1.40% from two or more races. About 21.36% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 1,785 households, 27.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.90% were married couples living together, 8.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.30% were not families. About 28.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.93. In the county, the population was distributed as 23.90% under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 23.00% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 22.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.80 males. The median income for a household in the county was $27,659, and for a family was $34,907. Males had a median income of $25,071 versus $20,536 for females. The
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for the county was $15,120. About 13.50% of families and 17.50% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for t ...
, including 27.40% of those under age 18 and 10.50% of those age 65 or over.


Communities


Cities

*
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(mostly in Jones County) * Roby (county seat) * Rotan


Unincorporated communities

* Hobbs *
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(birthplace of Poker Hall of Fame inductee
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) * McCauley * Sylvester


Ghost Towns

* North Roby * Royston


Politics

Fisher County was one of the last rural yellow dog counties in Texas to switch from consistently voting for Democratic candidates to favoring Republican candidates. From 1921 to 1925, the
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Richard M. Chitwood of Sweetwater represented Fisher County in the state House. He left his post to become the first business manager of
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, but died the next year.


See also

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Dry counties A dry county is a County (United States), county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of any kind of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale, some prohibit on-premises sale, and some prohibit both. Dozens of dry c ...
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Double Mountain Fork Brazos River The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an ephemeral, sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about southeast of Tahoka, Texas, flowing east-northeast across the western Rolling Plains to join the Salt Fork ...
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Clear Fork Brazos River The Clear Fork Brazos River is the longest tributary of the Brazos River of Texas. It originates as a dry channel or draw in Scurry County about northeast of Hermleigh and runs for about through portions of Scurry, Fisher, Jones, Shackelford ...
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Salt Fork Brazos River The Salt Fork Brazos River is a braided, highly intermittent stream about long, heading along the edge of the Llano Estacado about east-southeast of Lubbock, Texas. From its source, it flows generally east-southeastward to join the Double Mou ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Fisher County, Texas This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fisher County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fisher County, Texas. There is one property l ...
* Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Fisher County


References


External links


Fisher County government's website
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Fisher County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties
{{authority control 1886 establishments in Texas Populated places established in 1886