Hudspeth County
| Hudspeth County, Texas | |
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Hudspeth County Courthouse in Sierra Blanca
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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 | 1917 |
| Named for | Claude Benton Hudspeth |
| Seat | Sierra Blanca |
| Largest community | Fort Hancock |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,572 sq mi (11,841 km2) |
| • Land | 4,571 sq mi (11,839 km2) |
| • Water | 0.8 sq mi (2 km2), 0.02% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 3,379 |
| • Density | 0.8/sq mi (0/km²) |
| Congressional district | 23rd |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 |
| Website | www |
Hudspeth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,476. Its county seat is Sierra Blanca, and the largest community is Fort Hancock. The county is named for Claude Benton Hudspeth, a state senator and United States Representative from El Paso. It is northeast from the Mexican border.
Hudspeth County is included in the El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. Hudspeth is one of only two Texas counties to observe Mountain Time.
Prehistoric Jornada Mogollón peoples were practicing agriculture in the Rio Grande floodplain A.D. 900–1350. These people left behind artifacts and pictographs as evidence of their presence.
The Rodriguez-Sanchez Expedition of 1581 encountered friendly Indians bestowing gifts upon the explorers. Antonio de Espejo 1582-83 expedition encountered Otomoaco Indians in the county.
The Mescalero Apache frequented the area to irrigate their crops. In 1849 John Salmon "RIP" Ford explored the area between San Antonio and El Paso noting in his mapped report the productive land upon which the Mescalero Indians farmed. By the mid-17th century the Mescaleros expanded their territory to the Plains Navajos and Pueblos from the Guadalupes, and El Paso del Norte. Their feared presence deterred white settlers. In January 1870, a group of soldiers attacked a Mescalero Apache village near Delaware Creek in the Guadalupe Mountains. In July 1880 soldiers at Tinaja de las Palmas attacked a group of Mescaleros led by Chief Victorio. In August 1880, Buffalo Soldiers ambushed Victorio at Rattlesnake Springs. Victorio retreated to Mexico and was killed in October by Mexican soldiers. Two weeks later, Apaches killed seven Buffalo Soldiers, members of the famous black Tenth United States Cavalry.
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