Irion County/Texas Counties Power Trail #118 Traditional Cache
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Irion County/Texas Counties Power Trail #118
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Irion County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau
in the U.S. state of Texas. It is included in the San Angelo,
Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Irion County's population was
1,771 as of the 2000 census, Its county seat is Mertzon. The county
is named for Robert Anderson Irion, a secretary of state of the
Republic of Texas.
Irion County is on U.S. Highway 67 and State Highway 163 in
southwest central Texas, bounded on the west by Reagan County, on
the south by Crockett and Schleicher counties, and on the north and
east by Tom Green County. It was named for Robert Anderson Irion.
The center of the county is at 31°18' north latitude and 100°35'
west longitude, forty miles southwest of San Angelo. The county
embraces 1,051 square miles of rolling prairie, grass, mesquite,
and, in some sections, exposed rock. Elevations range from 2,100 to
2,600 feet above sea level. The county is drained by the Middle
Concho River and its tributaries; springs in the Edwards Plateau
limestone feed Dove and Spring creeks. Soils vary from sandy to
clay to gravel. The average annual rainfall is 21.33 inches. Irion
County has an average minimum temperature of 32° F in January and
an average maximum of 96° in July. The growing season lasts 232
days. About 90 percent of the county's $7 million annual
agricultural income is derived from cattle, sheep, and Angora
goats; other agricultural products include pecans, sorghums, small
grains, and cotton. Oil and gas production provides most of the
county's income. In 1982 crude production was 3,425,871 barrels,
worth $102,760,444.
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