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Location of Briscoe County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Briscoe County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Briscoe County, Texas. There are two properties listed on the National Register within the county.
Dimmitt is located slightly west of the center of Castro County at (34.549052, –102.315355 According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.4 km 2), of which 0.1 square miles (0.3 km 2), or 3.26%, is covered by water.
It is named for Andrew Briscoe, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. At one time, the large JA Ranch, founded by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair, reached into Briscoe County. After he left the JA, Goodnight owned the Quitaque Ranch. The prominent high school football and college coach Gene Mayfield was born in Briscoe County in 1928.
Dimmit County's first producing oil well was drilled in 1943. In 1980, Dimmit County farmers earned about $20 million for their crops, while about $60 million in oil and gas were produced. [8] Formation of the 1914 White Man's Primary Association was designed to exclude Mexican Americans from any meaningful participation in county politics.
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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dimmit County, Texas. There are one district and two individual properties listed on the National Register in the county. All sites are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks, and one site is also a State Antiquities Landmark.