This site is a part of The TXGenWeb project and The USGenWeb project and is devoted solely to the genealogy and history of Midland County. All of the information on this site is provided free of charge to the researcher. Volunteers are always needed and welcome. Without you, the site will not grow as it should. If you would consider volunteering by transcribing records or submitting material or photographs, please check "Volunteers" to see how you can help.

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May God give you peace in your heart and strength to carry on.

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If you have family history, stories, photos, books, marriages, births & death records. Newspaper clippings such as obits, birth, wedding, military, wills or other data about Midland County. Send the files to me and I will upload it. Your help is greatly appreciated!

Add your family surnames so others can contact you. A great way to find more information and meet new cousins! Send me an E-Mail, include your surnames and I will add them.

Counties Surrounding Midland

History

The county was named for its location halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on the Texas and Pacific Railway. Promotions by the Texas and Pacific Railway, which built into the area in 1881, brought other sheepmen to what is now Midland County. Nelson Morris, a Chicago meatpacker who bought 200,000 acres from the state for his Black Angus ranch, was the first to fence county land. Cattle were introduced after ranchers discovered that abundant water could be obtained from wells. In 1885, when 300 people were living in the area, the Texas state legislature established Midland County from lands previously assigned to Tom Green County, and the county was organized later that same year. The town of Midland, originally named Midway to suggest its place on the Fort Worth-El Paso rail line, became county seat. [Handbook of Texas Online]

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