When was Bailey County founded?

Bailey County was founded in 1876, formed from Jack County, and named after Peter James Bailey III.

What is the county seat of Bailey County?

The county seat of Bailey County is Muleshoe.

Is there an online parcel map for Bailey County?

Yes. A public source publishes a parcel map of 5,889 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.

Has Bailey County's boundary or name changed?

Bailey County was created in 1876 from Jack County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 6 later changes, chiefly involving Baylor County, Castro County and Crosby County.

Is my lot in a flood zone?

We do not have flood maps for Bailey County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.

Bailey County, Texas: parcels, history and offices

Where it is

Bailey on the map of Texas

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Counties of Texas · Bailey highlighted

History

Formed in 1876 from Jack County

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

Bailey County was created from Young Territory on November 19, 1876, but was not fully organized and was initially attached to Jack County for judicial and other purposes. Over the following decades, Bailey County was successively detached from and attached to Jack, Baylor, Crosby, Hale, and Castro counties for judicial purposes before becoming fully organized and detached from Castro County on March 17, 1919. The county was named after Peter James Bailey Iii, and its western boundary was explicitly extended to the Texas-New Mexico border in 1931.

Boundary changes from the Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

1876
Bailey County created Bailey created from Young Territory; Bailey not fully organized, attached to Jack "for judicial, surveying and all other purposes." Act passed 21 August 1876; took effect 19 November 1876.
from Jack
19 November 1876 · Texas Laws 1876, 15th leg., ch. 144/pp. 237, 242
1881
Changed Bailey detached from Jack, attached to Baylor "for judicial purposes."
Jack Baylor
25 February 1881 · Texas Laws 1881, 17th leg., reg. sess., ch. 18, sec. 2/p. 12
1887
Changed Bailey detached from Baylor, attached to Crosby "for judicial purposes."
Baylor Crosby
30 June 1887 · Texas Laws 1887, 20th leg., reg. sess., ch. 98, sec. 4/p. 80
1889
Changed Bailey detached from Crosby, attached to Hale "for judicial purposes."
Crosby Hale
18 February 1889 · Texas Laws 1889, 21st leg., ch. 138, sec. 10/p. 163
1892
Changed Bailey detached from Hale, attached to Castro "for judicial purposes."
Hale Castro
1 September 1892 · Texas Laws 1892, 22d leg., called sess., ch. 24, sec. 2/p. 59
c. 1919
Changed Bailey fully organized, detached from Castro.
Castro
17 March 1919 · Kennedy, 61; Texas Laws 1919, 36th leg., reg. sess., ch. 82, sec. 2/p. 132
1931
Bailey County created Western extent of Bailey explicitly extended to the Texas-New Mexico boundary (103d meridian) as established by John H. Clark in 1859. 27 May 1931 · Texas Laws 1931, 42d leg., reg. sess., ch. 358/p. 850

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Bailey

Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.

Parcels Good enough

Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 5,889 parcels. Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
checked 14 October 2026
Address points Official

One point per address, 3,346 in all from Texas Geographic Information Office (TxGIO, formerly TNRIS), a division of the Texas Water Development Board; StratMap program.
checked 14 October 2026
Buildings Reference

Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026

Official: from the office that keeps the record
Good enough: a reliable statewide or national copy
Fallback: a guide only; check the official record
Missing: nothing public found yet

People and land

Bailey by the Census

Population

6,904 2020 Census count

Housing units

2,746 2020 Census count

Land area

827 square miles

Water area

0.7 square miles

People per sq mi

8 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

Assessor and property recordsfrom co.bailey.tx.us · checked 13 October 2026

County government

County government
The official website of Bailey County.
co.bailey.tx.us

See your own lot on these maps

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Questions

Common questions about Bailey County

When was Bailey County founded?: Bailey County was founded in 1876, formed from Jack County, and named after Peter James Bailey III.
What is the county seat of Bailey County?: The county seat of Bailey County is Muleshoe.
Is there an online parcel map for Bailey County?: Yes. A public source publishes a parcel map of 5,889 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Bailey County's boundary or name changed?: Bailey County was created in 1876 from Jack County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 6 later changes, chiefly involving Baylor County, Castro County and Crosby County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?: We do not have flood maps for Bailey 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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