Sabine County is a county located on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,894. The county was organized on December 14, 1837, and named for the Sabine River, which forms its eastern border.
| Name: | Sabine County |
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| FIPS code: | 48-403 |
| State: | Texas |
| Founded: | 1837 |
| Named for: | Sabine River |
| Seat: | Hemphill |
| Largest city: | Milam |
| Total Area: | 577 sq mi (1,490 km²) |
| Land Area: | 491 sq mi (1,270 km²) |
| Total Population: | 9,894 |
| Population Density: | 17/sq mi (6.6/km²) |
| Time zone: | UTC−6 (Central) |
| Summer Time Zone (DST): | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Website: | www.co.sabine.tx.us |
Sabine County location map. Where is Sabine County?
History
Like other eastern Texas counties, Sabine was originally developed as cotton plantations, which depended on the labor of numerous enslaved African Americans. After the Civil War and emancipation, many freedmen remained in the rural area, working as tenant farmers and sharecroppers. There was considerable violence by whites against blacks during and after Reconstruction. After 1877 and through the early 20th century, Sabine County had 10 lynchings of blacks by whites in acts of racial terrorism. This was the fourth-highest total in the state, where lynchings took place in nearly all counties through this period.
From 1930 to 1970, the population declined as many African Americans left this rural county and other parts of the South in the Great Migration to escape Jim Crow oppression and seek better jobs, especially in Northern industrial cities and on the West Coast, where the defense industry built up during World War II.
Sabine County Road Map
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 577 square miles (1,490 km), of which 491 square miles (1,270 km) is land and 85 square miles (220 km) (15%) is water.
Major highways
- U.S. Highway 96
- State Highway 21
- State Highway 87
- State Highway 103
- State Highway 184
National Protected Areas
- Sabine National Forest (part)
Adjacent counties and parish
- Shelby County (north)
- Sabine Parish, Louisiana (east)
- Newton County (south)
- Jasper County (southwest)
- San Augustine County (west)
Sabine County Topographic Map
Sabine County Satellite Map
Sabine County Outline Map
