Stonewall County Texas
Double Mountain is one of the county's most distinctive natural features
Photo by Dr. Mike Hinze
Old Glory Cemetery
Additions to Old Glory Cemetery
Stonewall County Brands
County History
Stonewall County CSA Pensions
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Stonewall County History Books
The Stonewall County Texas Historical Commission has
arranged for a reprint of the Stonewall Co. History Book that was published in the late 1970's. It is strictly a reprint
and NOT an updated version of the old book.
To check for availability please contact: Stonewall County Historical Commission; P.O. Box 823; Aspermont, Texas
79502, or call (940) 989-3489.
Links to More Information About Stonewall County
Stonewall County Archives
Stonewall County Cemeteries
U.S. City Directories
History & Culture of the Region
Confederate Texas
Geography & Natural History
The Southern Plains Tribes
Communities
Aspermont
Old Glory
Peacock
Rath City
Rayner
Swenson
Surrounding Counties
Stonewall County is in the north central plains region and
the county seat is Aspermont. It was created from Young County in 1876 but did not begin organization until 1888. The
name was chosen to honor Stonewall Jackson, a Confederate General. The highest population the county ever reached was
over 5600 during the oil boom of the 1930s. Today, the population tends to hang around 1200 folks. It has a rich history
of buffalo hunters and Spanish Explorers. Much of its rolling farm and ranch land is jaggedly cut by the Double Mountain
and the Salt Forks of the Brazos River. In fact, Stonewall County offers more miles of scenic river bed than any other
Texas County. The economy of Stonewall County depends mostly on oil and gas production and ranching. Some farmland is
left in the county but a vast majority, some 50,000 plus acres have been planted to grass. [Texas A&M Agrilife
Extension]
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King
Knox
Kent
Stonewall
Haskell
Scurry
Fisher
Jones
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