When was Yoakum County founded?

Yoakum County was founded in 1876, formed from Young County, and named after Henderson King Yoakum.

What is the county seat of Yoakum County?

The county seat of Yoakum County is Plains.

Is there an online parcel map for Yoakum County?

Yes. Yoakum County publishes a parcel map of 7,216 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.

Has Yoakum County's boundary or name changed?

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

Is my lot in a flood zone?

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

Yoakum County, Texas: parcels, history and offices

Where it is

Yoakum on the map of Texas

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History

Formed in 1876 from Young County

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Yoakum County was created from Young Territory on November 19, 1876, and named after Henderson King Yoakum. Initially not fully organized and attached to Young County, Yoakum was transferred for judicial purposes among Young, Throckmorton, Howard, Martin, and Terry counties between 1881 and 1905. The county was fully organized and detached from Terry County on December 31, 1907, and its western extent was explicitly extended to the Texas-New Mexico boundary in 1931.

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

1876
Yoakum County created Yoakum created from Young Territory; Yoakum 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 Yoakum 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 Yoakum 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 Yoakum 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
1905
Changed Yoakum detached from Martin, attached to Terry "for judicial purposes."
Martin Terry
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.
Terry
31 December 1907 · "Yoakum County," New Handbook of Texas, 6:1122)
1931
Yoakum County created Western extent of Yoakum 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 Yoakum

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

Parcels Good enough

Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 7,216 parcels from Yoakum County. Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
edited 14 October 2026 · checked 15 October 2026
Address points Official

One point per address, 3,797 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

Yoakum by the Census

Population

7,694 2020 Census count

Housing units

3,009 2020 Census count

Land area

800 square miles

Water area

0 square miles

People per sq mi

10 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

Yoakum County's official site

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County government

County government
The official website of Yoakum County.
co.yoakum.tx.us

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Questions

Common questions about Yoakum County

When was Yoakum County founded?: Yoakum County was founded in 1876, formed from Young County, and named after Henderson King Yoakum.
What is the county seat of Yoakum County?: The county seat of Yoakum County is Plains.
Is there an online parcel map for Yoakum County?: Yes. Yoakum County publishes a parcel map of 7,216 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Yoakum County's boundary or name changed?: Yoakum County was created in 1876 from Young County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 6 later changes, chiefly involving Howard County, Martin County and Terry County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?: We do not have flood maps for Yoakum 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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