Texas Cowboys: Memories of the Early Days. Johnson won a statewide and national landslide in 1964. It has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Texas native Lyndon B. Otherwise, the county, like most of rural Texas, is extremely Republican. Irion County was one of four Texas counties Ross Perot won in the 1992 presidential election. As of 2020, Irion County has a new county clerk who has stated she would issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. When Alabama replaced marriage licenses with marriage certificates and required that all counties issue them, Irion County became the only remaining county in the country that would not allow same-sex couples to marry.
Irion County was the sole holdout in Texas, with reports that the situation was still in effect two years later. No marriage applications have yet been made by same-sex couples in Irion County. Irion County adopted this reason for not issuing licenses. Many counties started issuing same-sex marriage licenses within hours of the Obergefell ruling on June 26, 2015, while others awaited direction from state officials, local county attorney advice, or issuance of corrected state marriage license forms. Īs of 2017, only Irion County had stated it would refuse to issue licenses to same-sex couples. Laura Bullion, female Old West outlaw, born in Knickerbocker.About 8.30% of families and 8.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.20% of those under age 18 and 7.90% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the county was $20,515. Males had a median income of $35,642 versus $20,395 for females. The median income for a household in the county was $37,500, and for a family was $45,458. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.40 males. For every 100 females, there were 100.30 males. The average household size was 2.55, and the average family size was 2.97. About 21.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Of the 694 households, 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.80% were married couples living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.50% were not families. About 24.62% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the county was 90.68% White, 0.40% African American, 0.79% Native American, 6.55% from other races, and 1.58% from two or more races. The 914 housing units averaged one per square mile (0/km 2). The population density was two people per square mile (1/km 2). Major highways ĭemographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2000, 1,771 people, 694 households, and 523 were families residing in the county. The Spraberry Trend, the third-largest oil field in the United States by remaining reserves, underlies much of the county. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,052 square miles (2,720 km 2), of which 1,052 sq mi (2,720 km 2) are land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2) (0.01%) is covered by water. Ĭurrently, the Old Irion County Courthouse in Sherwood is the only property in the county listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Īccording to the U.S. Oil was discovered in Irion County in 1928. The Texas Legislature formed Irion County from Tom Green County in 1889. In 1876, John Arden brought the first flock of sheep from California, and Billy Childress established the Longhorn 7D Ranch. From 1858 to 1861, Butterfield Overland Mail crossed the region.
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