Armstrong County, Texas
| Armstrong County, Texas | |
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The Armstrong County Courthouse in Claude
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 Location in the U.S. state of Texas |
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 Texas's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1890 |
| Seat | Claude |
| Largest city | Claude |
| Area | |
| • Total | 914 sq mi (2,367 km2) |
| • Land | 909 sq mi (2,354 km2) |
| • Water | 4.7 sq mi (12 km2), 0.5% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 1,901 |
| • Density | 2.1/sq mi (1/km²) |
| Congressional district | 13th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Armstrong County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,901. Its county seat is Claude. The county was formed in 1876 and later organized in 1890. It was named for one of several Texas pioneer families named Armstrong.
Armstrong County is included in the Amarillo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Tom Blasingame, the oldest cowboy in the history of the American West, lived in Armstrong County and worked for seventy-three years in ranching, mostly on the JA Ranch. Ranch historian Laura Vernon Hamner interviewed many "old-timers" in Armstrong County during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century in preparation for her later writings on the Texas Panhandle.
Paleo-Indians first inhabitants as far back as 10,000 BC. Apachean cultures roamed the county until Comanche dominated around 1700. The Comanches were defeated by the United States Army in the Red River War of 1874. Later tribes include Kiowa, Cheyenne.
Armstrong County was formed from Bexar County in 1876, and organized in 1890, with Claude as the county seat.
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