When was Terry County founded?

Terry County was founded in 1876, formed from Young County, and named after Benjamin Franklin Terry.

What is the county seat of Terry County?

The county seat of Terry County is Brownfield.

Is there an online parcel map for Terry County?

Yes. Terry County publishes a parcel map of 9,139 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.

Has Terry County's boundary or name changed?

Terry County was created in 1876 from Young County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 6 later changes, chiefly involving Martin County, Howard County and Throckmorton County.

Is my lot in a flood zone?

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

County · code 48445

Terry CountyTexas

Terry County is in Texas with its county seat in Brownfield, formed in 1876 from Young Territory.

Founded1876
County seatBrownfield
Named forBenjamin Franklin Terry
Land area889 sq mi + 2.1 sq mi water
Population11,831 2020 Census
Parcels mapped9,139 checked 16 October 2026

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Updated 20 October 2026

Census outline · seat marked

History

Formed in 1876 from Young County

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

Terry County was created from Young Territory on November 19, 1876, but was not fully organized at first and remained attached to Young County for judicial and administrative purposes. Over the following decades, Terry County was successively attached to Throckmorton, Howard, and Martin counties for judicial purposes as these attachments changed. Terry County became fully organized and independent on June 28, 1904, when it was detached from Martin County. The county is named after Benjamin Franklin Terry.

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

1876
Terry County created Terry created from Young Territory; Terry not fully organized, attached to Young "for judicial, surveying and all other purposes." Act passed 21 August 1876; took effect 19 November 1876.
from Young
19 November 1876 · Texas Laws 1876, 15th leg., ch. 144/pp. 238, 242
1881
Changed Terry detached from Young, attached to Throckmorton "for judicial purposes."
Young Throckmorton
25 February 1881 · Texas Laws 1881, 17th leg., reg. sess., ch. 18, sec. 2/p. 12
1883
Changed Terry detached from Throckmorton, attached to Howard "for judicial purposes."
Throckmorton Howard
27 March 1883 · Texas Laws 1883, 18th leg., reg. sess., ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 29
1889
Changed Terry detached from Howard, attached to Martin "for judicial purposes."
Howard Martin
18 February 1889 · Texas Laws 1889, 21st leg., ch. 138, sec. 4/p. 162
1904
Changed Terry fully organized, detached from Martin.
Martin
28 June 1904 · Terry County Historical Survey Committee, 19
1905
Changed Yoakum detached from Martin, attached to Terry "for judicial purposes."
Yoakum Martin
8 February 1905 · Texas Laws 1905, 29th leg., reg. sess., ch. 9, sec. 5/p. 11
c. 1907
Changed Yoakum fully organized, detached from Terry.
Yoakum
31 December 1907 · "Yoakum County," New Handbook of Texas, 6:1122)

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Terry

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

Parcels Good enough

Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 9,139 parcels from Terry County. Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
edited 15 October 2026 · checked 16 October 2026
Address points Official

One point per address, 5,984 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

Terry by the Census

Population

11,831 2020 Census count

Housing units

4,789 2020 Census count

Land area

889 square miles

Water area

2.1 square miles

People per sq mi

13 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

Terry County's official site

We have found the county's site but not its offices yet; start there.

County government

County government
The official website of Terry County.
co.terry.tx.us

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Questions

Common questions about Terry County

When was Terry County founded?: Terry County was founded in 1876, formed from Young County, and named after Benjamin Franklin Terry.
What is the county seat of Terry County?: The county seat of Terry County is Brownfield.
Is there an online parcel map for Terry County?: Yes. Terry County publishes a parcel map of 9,139 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Terry County's boundary or name changed?: Terry County was created in 1876 from Young County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 6 later changes, chiefly involving Martin County, Howard County and Throckmorton County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?: We do not have flood maps for Terry 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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