Texas Panhandle Counties

The Panhandle of Texas was shaped by the Compromise of 1850 but the story is much deeper than a compromise.  Human presence dates back before you might imagine. Read all about it here.

The Panhandle Counties were created in the year 1876 within the Bexar District. Although a few of the counties were a part of the Bexar and Young District.  Those counties were Childress, Collingsworth, Hall, Hartley, Swisher and Wheeler. 

	COUNTIES	DATE ORGANIZED	County Seat
18	Armstrong	1890	Claude
24	Briscoe	1892	Silverton
13	Carson	1888	Panhandle
22	Castro	1891	Dimmitt
26	Childress	1887	Childress
20	Colllingsworth	1890	Wellington
1	Dallam	1891	Dalhart
16	Deaf Smith	1890	Hereford
19	Donley	1882	Clarendon
14	Gray	1902	Pampa
25	Hall	1890	Memphis
3	Hansford	1889	Spearman
6	Hartley	1891	Channing
10	Hemphill	1887	Canadian
8	Hutchinson	1901	Stinnett
5	Lipscomb	1887	Lipscomb
7	Moore	1892	Dumas
4	Ochiltree	1889	Perryton
11	Oldham	1880	Vega
21	Parmer	1907	Farwell
12	Potter	1887	Amarillo
17	Randall	1889	Canyon
9	Roberts	1889	Miami
2	Sherman	1889	Stratford
23	Swisher	1890	Tulia
15	Wheeler	1879	Wheeler