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Archer CountyTexas

Archer County is a county in Texas with its seat in Archer City. The county was created on January 22, 1858, from Young Territory and named after Branch T. Archer.

  • Founded1858
  • County seatArcher City
  • Named forBranch T. Archer
  • Land area903 sq mi + 22 sq mi water
  • Population8,560 2020 Census
  • Parcels mapped9,573 checked 14 October 2026
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WichitaYoungClayJack Archer City Census outline · seat marked

Where it is

Archer on the map of Texas

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History

Founded in 1858

An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.

Archer County was created from Young Territory in 1858 but was not immediately organized, instead being attached to various neighboring counties for judicial purposes over the following decades. The county was finally fully organized and detached from Clay County on July 27, 1880.

Boundary changes from the Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; the 5 that matter most are shown first.

  1. 1858
    Archer County created Archer created from Young Territory; Archer not fully organized. · Texas Laws 1857, 7th leg., ch. 55, sec. 5/p. 59
  2. 1860
    Changed Archer attached to Young "for all judicial purposes."
    Young
    · Texas Laws 1859, 8th leg., reg. sess., gen., ch. 87, sec. 5/p. 120
  3. c. 1865
    Changed Young disorganized, ending attachment of Archer, Baylor, Haskell, Knox, and Throckmorton to Young.
    YoungBaylorHaskellKnoxThrockmorton
    · "Young County," New Handbook of Texas, 6:1131; "Kimmarle & Hirsh v. Houston & Texas Central Railway," in Texas Rpts., 76:690-691
  4. 1866
    Changed Archer attached to Clay "for judicial purposes."
    Clay
    · Texas Laws 1866, 11th leg., ch. 35, sec. 17/p. 27
  5. 1866
    Changed Archer detached from Clay, attached to Jack "for judicial and other purposes."
    ClayJack
    · Texas Laws 1866, 11th leg., ch. 96, sec. 1/p. 94
Show all 8 changes (3 more)
  1. 1858
    Archer County created Archer created from Young Territory; Archer not fully organized. · Texas Laws 1857, 7th leg., ch. 55, sec. 5/p. 59
  2. 1860
    Changed Archer attached to Young "for all judicial purposes."
    Young
    · Texas Laws 1859, 8th leg., reg. sess., gen., ch. 87, sec. 5/p. 120
  3. c. 1865
    Changed Young disorganized, ending attachment of Archer, Baylor, Haskell, Knox, and Throckmorton to Young.
    YoungBaylorHaskellKnoxThrockmorton
    · "Young County," New Handbook of Texas, 6:1131; "Kimmarle & Hirsh v. Houston & Texas Central Railway," in Texas Rpts., 76:690-691
  4. 1866
    Changed Archer attached to Clay "for judicial purposes."
    Clay
    · Texas Laws 1866, 11th leg., ch. 35, sec. 17/p. 27
  5. 1866
    Changed Archer detached from Clay, attached to Jack "for judicial and other purposes."
    ClayJack
    · Texas Laws 1866, 11th leg., ch. 96, sec. 1/p. 94
  6. 1870
    Changed Archer detached from Jack, attached to Montague "for judicial purposes."
    JackMontague
    · Texas Laws 1870, 12th leg., called sess., ch. 40, sec. 13/p. 53
  7. 1879
    Changed Archer detached from Montague, attached to Clay "for judicial and other purposes."
    MontagueClay
    · Texas Laws 1879, 16th leg., reg. sess., ch. 136/p. 150
  8. 1880
    Changed Archer fully organized, detached from Clay.
    Clay
    · "Archer County," New Handbook of Texas, 1:224

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Archer

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Missing
nothing public found yet

People and land

Archer by the Census

Population
8,560 2020 Census count
Housing units
3,865 2020 Census count
Land area
903 square miles
Water area
22 square miles
People per sq mi
9 population ÷ land area

Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Rules and offices

Who to ask before you build, dig or sell

Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.

Records

County government

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Questions

Common questions about Archer County

When was Archer County founded?
Archer County was founded in 1858, and named after Branch T. Archer.
What is the county seat of Archer County?
The county seat of Archer County is Archer City.
Is there an online parcel map for Archer County?
Yes. A public source publishes a parcel map of 9,573 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Archer County's boundary or name changed?
Archer County was created in 1858. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 7 later changes, chiefly involving Clay County, Jack County and Montague County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?
We do not have flood maps for Archer County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.

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