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Wilbarger CountyTexas

Wilbarger County is in Texas and has its seat in Vernon. The county was created in 1858 from Young Territory and named after Josiah Pugh Wilbarger.

  • Founded1858
  • County seatVernon
  • Named forJosiah Pugh Wilbarger
  • Land area971 sq mi + 7 sq mi water
  • Population12,887 2020 Census
  • Parcels mapped11,353 checked 14 October 2026
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Tillman, OKBaylorJackson, OKWichitaHardemanFoard Vernon Census outline · seat marked

Where it is

Wilbarger on the map of Texas

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Counties of Texas · Wilbarger highlighted

History

Founded in 1858

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

Wilbarger County was created on February 1, 1858, from Young Territory but was not fully organized at that time. For more than two decades, the county was attached to neighboring counties for judicial purposes, including Montague, Young, Clay, and Baylor, before becoming fully organized and detached from Baylor on October 10, 1881. In 1883, Cottle and Hardeman counties were temporarily attached to Wilbarger for judicial purposes, but Hardeman became fully organized and detached in 1884, followed by Cottle in 1885.

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

  1. 1858
    Wilbarger County created Wilbarger created from Young Territory; Wilbarger not fully organized. · Texas Laws 1857, 7th leg., ch. 75, sec. 12/p. 89
  2. 1860
    Changed Wilbarger attached to Montague "for all judicial purposes."
    Montague
    · Texas Laws 1859, 8th leg., reg. sess., gen., ch. 87, sec. 6/p. 120
  3. 1866
    Changed Wilbarger detached from Montague, attached to Young "for judicial purposes."
    MontagueYoung
    · Texas Laws 1866, 11th leg., ch. 35, sec. 17/p. 27
  4. 1866
    Changed Wilbarger detached from Young, attached to Montague "for judicial and other purposes."
    YoungMontague
    · Texas Laws 1866, 11th leg., ch. 96, sec. 2/p. 94
  5. 1879
    Changed Wilbarger detached from Montague, attached to Clay "for judicial and other purposes."
    MontagueClay
    · Texas Laws 1879, 16th leg., reg. sess., ch. 136/p. 150
Show all 10 changes (5 more)
  1. 1858
    Wilbarger County created Wilbarger created from Young Territory; Wilbarger not fully organized. · Texas Laws 1857, 7th leg., ch. 75, sec. 12/p. 89
  2. 1860
    Changed Wilbarger attached to Montague "for all judicial purposes."
    Montague
    · Texas Laws 1859, 8th leg., reg. sess., gen., ch. 87, sec. 6/p. 120
  3. 1866
    Changed Wilbarger detached from Montague, attached to Young "for judicial purposes."
    MontagueYoung
    · Texas Laws 1866, 11th leg., ch. 35, sec. 17/p. 27
  4. 1866
    Changed Wilbarger detached from Young, attached to Montague "for judicial and other purposes."
    YoungMontague
    · Texas Laws 1866, 11th leg., ch. 96, sec. 2/p. 94
  5. 1879
    Changed Wilbarger detached from Montague, attached to Clay "for judicial and other purposes."
    MontagueClay
    · Texas Laws 1879, 16th leg., reg. sess., ch. 136/p. 150
  6. 1881
    Changed Wilbarger detached from Clay, attached to Baylor "for judicial purposes."
    ClayBaylor
    · Texas Laws 1881, 17th leg., reg. sess., ch. 18, sec. 2/p. 12
  7. 1881
    Changed Wilbarger fully organized, detached from Baylor.
    Baylor
    · Ross and Rouse, 2
  8. 1883
    Changed Cottle and Hardeman detached from Baylor, both attached to Wilbarger "for judicial purposes."
    CottleHardemanBaylor
    · Texas Laws 1883, 18th leg., reg. sess., ch. 41, sec. 8/p. 31
  9. 1884
    Changed Hardeman fully organized, detached from Wilbarger.
    Hardeman
    · Neal, 49
  10. 1885
    Changed Cottle detached from Wilbarger, attached to Hardeman "for judicial purposes."
    CottleHardeman
    · Texas Laws 1885, 19th leg., ch. 113, sec. 5/p. 111

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Wilbarger

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Missing
nothing public found yet

People and land

Wilbarger by the Census

Population
12,887 2020 Census count
Housing units
5,836 2020 Census count
Land area
971 square miles
Water area
7 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

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.

Inside a city or town, permits usually come from that city rather than the county.

Records

Permits

County government

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Questions

Common questions about Wilbarger County

When was Wilbarger County founded?
Wilbarger County was founded in 1858, and named after Josiah Pugh Wilbarger.
What is the county seat of Wilbarger County?
The county seat of Wilbarger County is Vernon.
Is there an online parcel map for Wilbarger County?
Yes. Wilbarger County publishes a parcel map of 11,353 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Wilbarger County's boundary or name changed?
Wilbarger County was created in 1858. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 9 later changes, chiefly involving Montague County, Baylor County and Hardeman County.
Who issues building permits in Wilbarger County?
The county's page on building permits: Beer & Wine Permits. Inside a city or town, ask that city first.
Is my lot in a flood zone?
We do not have flood maps for Wilbarger 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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