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About Irion County
Irion County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,513. Its county seat is Mertzon. The county is named for Robert Anderson Irion, a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Irion County at a glance
- County seat
- Mertzon
- Population
- 1,513 (2020)
- Land area
- 1,052 sq mi
- Founded
- 1889
Communities
Largest communities in Irion County
- Mertzon county seat747
- Sherwood73
History of Irion County
From 1858 to 1861, Butterfield Overland Mail crossed the region. In 1876, John Arden brought the first flock of sheep from California, and Billy Childress established the Longhorn 7D Ranch. The Texas Legislature formed Irion County from Tom Green County in 1889. Sherwood became the county seat. Oil was discovered in Irion County in 1928. In 1936, Mertzon became the county seat. In 2020 Irion was the slowest county to comply with the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, forbidding the ban on same-sex marriages. The Old Irion County Courthouse in Sherwood is the only property in the county listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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