Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 21,904. Moore is named for Edwin Ward Moore, the commander of the Texas Navy. The county seat is Dumas, which is named for Louis Dumas, originally from the Sherman, Texas, area. The Dumas Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Moore County. Moore County history is highlighted in the Window on the Plains Museum in Dumas.
Moore County is located in the north central part of the Panhandle of Texas, bordered by Sherman, Hutchinson, Potter, and Hartley counties. Dumas, the county seat, is located in the center of the county, at 101°55' west longitude and 35°50' north latitude, about forty-eight miles north of Amarillo. The area is named for Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, the commander of the Texas Navy during the Republic of Texas.qqv Moore County occupies 909 square miles of the High Plains. The sandy and loam soils support abundant native grasses as well as various local crops such as wheat, corn, milo, and other grains. In general the terrain consists of nearly level prairies varied by the Canadian River brakes in the southeast and by Grapevine, Plum, South Palo Duro, North Palo Duro, and Big Blue creeks, which flow west to east and drain into the Canadian River. Part of Lake Meredith, a man-made lake on the Canadian River, is in the far southeastern corner of the county. Elevations in the county range from 2,900 to 3,700 feet above sea level. Average rainfall is 18.33 inches per year. The average minimum temperature is 20° F in January, and the average maximum is 93° in July. The growing season averages 185 days per year.
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I found my first cache in Moore county on 09-06-2009.
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