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Castro Countyis a county located in the U.S. state of
Texas. As of 2000, its population was 8,285. It is named for Henri
Castro, who was consul general to France for the Republic of Texas
and the founder of a colony in Texas. The seat of the county is
Dimmitt.
The county was organized in 1891, and a courthouse was built about
the town square. Temporary county office space, meanwhile, was
obtained from businessman J.N. Morrison. The ornate two-story
courthouse was completed but was destroyed by lightning in
1906.
Castro County is located in the western Panhandle on the Texas High
Plains, bordered on the west by Parmer County, on the north by Deaf
Smith and Randall Counties, on the east by Swisher County, and on
the south by Lamb and Hale counties. The county was named for Henri
Castro, the empresario who was consul general to Paris for the
Republic of Texas. The center of the county lies at approximately
34°32' north latitude and 102°20' west longitude. Dimmitt, the
county seat, is near the center of the county, approximately fifty
miles southwest of Amarillo. Castro County comprises 900.33 square
miles of level plains. Its sandy loam and black soils once
supported native grasses but now produce abundant corn, wheat,
sorghum, cotton, sugarbeets, and soybeans. Seasonally waterless
draws or arroyos drain the county; Frio Draw runs southeasterly
into Swisher County, and Running Water Draw, which begins about
twenty-five miles northwest of Clovis, New Mexico, meanders
southeasterly across Castro County into Lamb and then Hale
counties. More than 500 playas dot the surface of the county.
Elevation ranges from 3,500 to 4,000 feet above sea level, and
annual precipitation averages 17.72 inches. The average minimum
temperature of 22° F occurs in January, and the average maximum of
93° in July. The growing season averages 193 days a year. |
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