Map of Scurry County, Texas

Scurry County overview:
Name:	Scurry County
FIPS code:	48-415
State:	Texas
Founded:	1884
Named for:	William Read Scurry
Seat:	Snyder
Largest city:	Snyder
Total Area:	908 sq mi (2,350 km²)
Land Area:	905 sq mi (2,340 km²)
Total Population:	16,932
Population Density:	19/sq mi (7.2/km²)
Time zone:	UTC−6 (Central)
Summer Time Zone (DST):	UTC−5 (CDT)
Website:	www.co.scurry.tx.us

Scurry County location map. Where is Scurry County?

Scurry County location on the U.S. Map. Where is Scurry County. — Location of Scurry County in the the United States.

Scurry County location on the Texas map. Where is Scurry County. — Location of Scurry County in Texas.

History

This county, lying directly north of Mitchell County, was created in 1876, and was organized June 28, 1884. It was named for William Read Scurry, lawyer and Confederate Army general. Until 1909, it was without railroad facilities, and the nearest shipping points were Colorado City to the south and still later the railroad towns in Fisher County to the east.

The first railroad was the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway, built from Roscoe on the Texas & Pacific in Nolan County, to Snyder, the county seat of Scurry County, about 1909, and subsequently extended to Fluvanna, also in Scurry County. In 1911, the Texico-Coleman division of the Santa Fe system was built through the county, giving it a trunk line of railway. Development has been particularly rapid during the early 1900s.

Some of the important pioneer facts concerning Scurry County are found in a sketch of W.H. Snyder, after whom the county seat town was named. In 1877, he opened a trading camp in the county, hauling lumber on wagons from Dallas to build his store and also hauling a good portion of his goods from the same place. He used what was known as trail wagons, with seven yoke of oxen to a team, each wagon having a capacity of 50,000 pounds. Mr. Snyder erected a house in Scurry County and began dealing in general merchandise and supplies for buffalo hunters. Other parties moved into the same locality, and that was the beginning of the town of Snyder.

In 1882, Mr. Snyder laid out the town, and two years later, it became the county seat. Snyder has had an enterprising citizenship, and 10 years later had an independent school district and four churches, and was an important center for trade.

Its importance has greatly increased since the coming of the railway, and in 1910, its population was 2,154. Other towns have sprung up along the railway, the most important of which is Fluvanna, at the terminus of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific, and Hermleigh.”

Scurry County Road Map

Scurry CountyStreet Map. — Street map of Scurry County, Texas. Source: OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Scurry CountyMap — Scurry Countypolitical map.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 908 square miles (2,350 km), of which 905 square miles (2,340 km) are land and 2.1 square miles (5.4 km) (0.2%) are covered by water.

Since 1952, Lake J. B. Thomas has operated in Scurry County covering up to 7,282 acres when filled to the morning glory spillway at elevation of 2,258 ft above sea level.