{"id":8240,"date":"2023-09-21T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:20","slug":"throckmorton-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/throckmorton-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Throckmorton County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throckmorton County is a county in Texas, United States, on the Rolling Plains southwest of Wichita Falls. It had a population of 1,440 at the 2020 census and covers 913 square miles (2,360 km2) of land, centred near 33°11′N 99°13′W.<\/p>\n

Throckmorton is the county seat and its postal code is 76483. The county has two incorporated towns, one unincorporated community with historic post office status, and several small former river-crossing settlements. It sits in the Central time zone. Throckmorton County is one of Texas’s four remaining entirely dry counties, with no legal alcohol sales.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Throckmorton County<\/h2>\n

Throckmorton County has two incorporated towns and a scatter of unincorporated crossings and fords along the Clear Fork of the Brazos River and its tributaries, most dating to the county’s 19th-century settlement era. Type key: City · seat = the county seat; Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no municipal government.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Throckmorton<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n706<\/td>\n76483<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woodson<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n223<\/td>\n76491<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elbert<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bartholomew Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coody Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dug Ford<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gentry Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hayford Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lusk<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M K Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McKeichan Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paint Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reynolds Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Most of the crossings and fords on this list mark places where old wagon roads and cattle trails forded the Clear Fork of the Brazos River or its creeks; several no longer have any standing structures. Woodson, near the county’s southern line, is the only other incorporated town.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n