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Oldham County, Texas
Oldham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,052.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48359.html )〕 Its county seat is Vega.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1881. Oldham County is included in the Amarillo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
== History ==
Oldham County was formed in 1876 and organized in 1881, and named for Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr., a Texas pioneer and Confederate Senator. At the time of its organization, nearly the entire county was a part of the XIT Ranch. The county seat was originally at the town of Tascosa, which in the 1880s was one of the largest towns in the Panhandle. As the railroads came through the county, however, they bypassed Tascosa; several new towns and farms sprang up along the rail lines, and by 1915 Tascosa had a courthouse and almost no residents; the county seat was moved to Vega that year.〔Nolan, Frederick. (2007) ''Tascosa: It's Life and Guady Times''. Texas Tech University Press ()〕 Oldham County is primarily ranch and farm land, with many thousands of acres planted in wheat, the major crop. The county also has some petroleum production and large wind farms. In 1902, the Matador Ranch acquired the Alamositas Ranch in Oldham County. At its peak, the Matador owned 90,000 cattle and had title to of land in parts of four Texas counties.〔"Matador Ranch," Historical marker, Texas Historical Commission, Motley County, Texas〕
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