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COCHRAN COUNTY, TEXAS

Texas Panhandle

33° 36' 0" N, 102° 49' 48" W (33.6, -102.83)

Population: 2,547 (2020)
3,127 (2010) 3,730 (2000) 4,377 (1990)

Total area 775 square miles (2,010 km2):
775 square miles (2,010 km2) land
0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) (0.01%) water

Cochran County Topics

  • History
  • Town List
  • Vintage Maps
  • Cochran County TX

    Contiguous Counties:
    Bailey County (N) Hockley County (E) Yoakum County (S) Lea County, New Mexico (southwest) Roosevelt County, New Mexico (northwest)



    Cochran County History

    Historical Marker:

    Cochran County

    Created August 21, 1876, from Bexar County. Named for a native of New Jersey, Robert Cochran, a private who died for Texas Independece in the siege of the Alamo. Indian hostilities and the distance to market and supplies made settlement slow. The 1900 census listed 25 cowboys. In 1910 there were 75 persons; then 67 in 1920. Organized May 6, 1924, with Morton as county seat.

    Oil discovery and development of irrigation caused rapid growth, and made it a farm and petroleum center. Site of Silver Lake, a saline lake known to early Spanish explorers as Laguna Quemado.
    (1965)

    Cochran County Courthouse
    Cochran County courthouse
    Cochran County Courthouse
    Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson



    Cochran County Town List

    Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...

    County Seat - Morton
  • Bledsoe
  • Griffith ghost town
  • Lehman ghost town
  • Morton County seat
  • White Face



  • Cochran County Vintage Maps

    Cochran County TX 1907 postal map
    Cochran County 1907 postal map
    From Texas state map #2090
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office


    Cochran County TX 1920s map
    Cochran County 1920s map
    From Texas state map #10749
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office


    TX Cochran County 1940s Map
    Cochran County 1940s map
    From Texas state map #4335
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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