Texas Almanac, 1968-1969 Page: 321
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COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS OF TEXAS 321
Oil, gas production leading enterprises; farm In-
come 70% from cotton, grain sorghums: beef cattle
principal livestock: four gins.Area (sq. mi.)........771
1967 Pop. (est.)...10,641
1960 Pop...........10,975
Altitude (ft.) sea level-100
Ann. rainfall (in.)..33.76
Jan. temp. avg.......46
July temp. avg........93
Growing season (da.).304
No. farms, 1959......260
No. farms, 1964......263
Farm income...$7,038,629Auto reg., No......3,838
Registered voters...3,002
No. employed.......1,155
Wages paid.....$6,267,956
Mfg. value..........*
Retail sales.... $10,436,000
Whl. sales......$3,631,000
Tax value.... $84,310,128
Income total. $20,784,000
Mineral value.$76,189,500
Economic index.....0.446REFUGIO (4,948) county seat; commercial hub
of farming, oil-producing area; has nursing home,.
Woodsboro (2,100) has varied agribusinesses. Ti-
voll is farming center. Austwell and Bayside are
coastal resort towns.
ROBERTS COUNTY
In Northeastern Panhandle (B-9). Created from
Bexar District 1876 organized 1889. Named for Gov.
O. M. Roberts of exas and John S. Roberts, who
signed Texas Declaration of Independence.
Rolling surface, with many breaks of Canadian
River and tributaries. Oil, gas produced.
Ninety per cent of agricultural income from cattle
ranching; wheat, grain sorghums principal crops;
10,000 acres irrigated.
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MILESArea (sq. mi.).......892
1967 Pop. (est.).....1,166
1960 Pop.......... 1,075
Altitude (ft.)..2,500-3,200
Ann. rainfall (in.)..21.15
Jan. temp. avg....... 23
July temp. avg.......94
Growing season (da.).192
No. farms, 1959......107
No. farms, 1964......102
Farm income.. $3,414,402Auto reg., No.........521
Registered voters.....406
No. employed ....... :..89
Wages paid......$578,220
M fg. value .............. '
Retail sales..... $1,676,000
Whl. sales.............
Tax value.....$10,825,485
Income, total...$2,284,000
Mineral value..$5,834,900
Economic index.....0.054MIAMI (702p county seat; only center for ranch-
ing, farming supplies, marketing; called "last of
real cow towns." June national cow calling contest.
ROBERTSON COUNTY
East central county (K-16). Among first counties
created in 1837, organized next year. Named for
Sterling Clack Robertson, soldier, colonizer, legisla-
tor.
Heavy soils in Brazos bottoms, rolling and sandy
elsewhere. Drains to Brazos, Navasota Rivers. Small
income from sand, gravel, oil, clays, gas.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Hunting deer; fishing:;
historic homes.
Agricultural income evenly divided between live-
stock (chiefly beef cattle, dairying, poultry) andcrops (chiefly cotton, grain sorghums, vegetables);
40,000 acres subject to irrigation; five gins.
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, FORDArea (sq. mi.)......873
1967 Pop. (est.)...15,329
1960 Pop........16,157
Altitude (ft.)......250-500
Ann. rainfall (in.)..35.80
Jan. temp. avg........40
July temp. avg........96
Growing season (da.).268
No. farms, 1959.....1,001
No. farms, 1964......948
Farm income.. $8,175,137Auto reg., No...... 5,365
Registered voters...3,535
No. employed.........994
Wages paid .... $3,873,712
Mfg. value.....$2,130,000
Retail sales...$14,826,000
Whl. sales......$7,726,000
Tax value.....$14,661,606
Income total..$21,370,000
Mineral value... $147,300
Economic index ..... 0.077FRANKLIN (1,095) county seat, serves small
farming area in center of county.
Hearne (5,176) has cotton oil mill, feed plant,
other agribusminesses; other plants; rail center. Other
towns include Calvert, which has agribusinesses,
foundry, tag printing plant; rest homes; Bremond;
Mumford.
ROCKWALL COUNTY
Smallest county, o . a C, TY
north of Dallas . T 7
(G-16). Created r3
from Kaufman
County. organized ,
1873. Named for I
geological forma-
tion of rock wall. ,
Rolling surface to
East Fork of Trin- 7 1
ity.
Rockwall County r
added to Dallas A N I
SMSA in 1967. See x - x I
special Dallas page.
Many residents 3 4 5 ILES
work in Dallas
County. plants; lo-
cal aluminum plant leading employer; farm income
chiefly from cotton; five gins; nearby, out-of-county
lakes create tourist business.Area (sq. mi.)........ 147
1967 Pop. (est.).....5,810
1960 Pop............5,878
Altitude (ft.)......400-550
Ann. rainfall (in.). .37.79
Jan. temp. avg........34
July temp. avg........96
Growing season (da.).236
No. farms, 1959......320
No. farms, 1964......253
Farm income...$2,142,846Auto reg., No...... 3,153
Registered voters... 1,151
No. employed......... 614
Wages paid.... $3,106,372
Mfg. value......... *
Retail sales..... $7,748,000
Whl. sales...... $4,390,000
Tax value...... $7,812,006
Income, total.. $11,835,000
Mineral value.......... 0
Economic index.....0.036ROCKWALL (2,908) county seat; aluminum plant;
one gin; other agribusiness.
Royse City (1,212) has small business plants, tour-
ist business.
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Texas Almanac, 1968-1969, book, 1967; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth113809/m1/323/?q=%221964~%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Historical Association.