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The first census taken of the county, that of 1880, showed a total population of only 82 souls, and not all of these resided in the county, for a company of State Rangers were stationed at Camp Roberts in Blanco Canyon about six miles north of where Crosbyton now stands. The next census, however, taken in 1890, ten years later, showed the county still sparsely settled, but the population had increased to 374 souls, with several farms and two post offices established in the county - Mount Blanco and Estacado. Mount Blanco was the first post office to be established in all that vast territory now known as the South Plains, with Mrs. Elizabeth Smith ("Aunt Hank") as postmaster. She kept the post office for nearly forty years, a record but seldom paralleled in the United States. By her many acts of kindness she endeared herself to the people as but few have ever done, and all the "old timers" and cowboys greatly reverence her memory and refer to her as the ministering angel of the early days.
The Crosbyton Review, Friday, August 16, 1929.
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Copies of the 1880 census lists are available on 35 millimeter microfilm from The Texas State Library Archives Series: T9 Rolls:

1880 Facts

1. Tenth U.S. decennial population census.
2. U.S. population: 50.2 million
3. Census conducted by the Superintendent of the Census
    (Census Office, U.S. Department of the Interior).
4. Census day: 1 June 1880.
5. Mandated copies: Two sets, one an abbreviated version to
    the county court, full version to the Superintendent of the
    Census.

1890 Facts

1. Eleventh U.S. decennial population census.
2. U.S. population: 63.0 million
3. Census conducted by the Superintendent of the Census
    (Census Office, U.S. Department of the Interior).
4. Census day: 1 June 1890.
5. Mandated copies: One set, to the Superintendent of the
    census. Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their
    schedules at cost.

1900 Facts

1. Twelfth U.S. decennial population census.
2. U.S. population: 76.2 million
3. Census conducted by the Director of the Census (Census Office, U.S. Department of the Interior).
4. Census day: 1 June 1900.
5. Mandated copies: One set, to the Director of the Census Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
6. The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.

1910 Facts

1. Thirteenth U.S. decennial population census.
2. U.S. population: 92.2 million
3. Census conducted by the Director of the Census (Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor).
4. Census day: 15 April 1910.
5. Mandated copies: One set, to the Director of the Census. Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
6. The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.

1920 Facts

1. Fourteenth U.S. decennial population census.
2. U.S. population: 106.0 million
3. Census conducted by the Director of the Census
(Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor).
4. Census day: 1 January 1920.
5. Mandated copies: One set, to the Director of the Census.
Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
6. The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.



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