Hall County is a county located in the U.S. state of
Texas. As of 2000, the population is 3,782. Its county seat is
Memphis. Hall County is named for Warren D. C. Hall, a secretary of
war for the Republic of Texas. The town of Turkey in Hall County is
considered the home town of the late Western Swing performer Bob
Wills. A Bob Wills Day celebration is held there the last Saturday
in April. Hall County is also the birthplace of blues musician
William Daniel McFalls, better known as Blues Boy Willie.
U.S. Representative William Mac Thornberry is a Hall County native.
At one time, the large JA Ranch, founded by Charles Goodnight and
John George Adair, which reached into six counties, held acreage in
Hall County. Minnie Lou Bradley, matriarch of the Bradley 3 Ranch
in nearby Childress County, claims a Hall County address.
Hall County, in the southeastern Panhandle east of the High Plains,
is bordered on the west by Briscoe County, on the south by Motley
and Cottle counties, on the east by Childress County, and on the
north by Donley and Collingsworth counties. It was named for Warren
D. C. Hall, Republic of Texas secretary of war. The center point of
the county is at 34°30' north latitude and 100°40' west longitude.
Memphis, the county seat, is on U.S. Highway 287 about ninety miles
southeast of Amarillo. The county comprises 885 square miles of
rolling plains and broken terrain crossed by the Prairie Dog Town
Fork of the Red River, the Little Red River, and numerous lesser
tributaries. The red and black sandy loam soils support a variety
of native grasses in the rougher areas, and cotton, wheat, and
grain sorghum crops in the tillable areas. The Prairie Dog Town
Fork flows eastward across the central part of the county. The
Little Red River joins it near the center of the county. The North
Pease River briefly meanders into the southern part of the county,
where the Wind River, Cottonwood Creek, T-Bar Canyon Creek, and
Running Water Creek flow into it. Mulberry Creek begins in Donley
County and joins the Prairie Dog Town Fork in the western part of
Hall County. Mountain Creek, Rustlers Creek, and North Baylor Creek
form in eastern Hall County and flow into the Prairie Dog Town Fork
in Childress County. The elevation in Hall County ranges from 1,750
to 2,400 feet above sea level. The annual growing season averages
213 days a year. The average minimum temperature is 28° F in
January, and the average maximum is 98° in July.
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