Upton County, Texas  

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Upton County Links

(1895 map, Upton County Govt. Site, Maximilian's Gold,
Historical Sites Atlas, Microfilm Records, Landmarks of Upton County)

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Upton County Local Resources

(County and District Clerk, McCamey ISD, Rankin ISD, Flower Shops, The McCamey News, The Rankin News, Libraries)

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Upton County Federal Census

1900   1910   1920   1930 Precinct 3

Thomas A. Spalding Burial Records

Upton County Cemeteries

Upton County Officials 1910-2007

Upton County Obituaries 1915-1998

History of First Baptist Church - Rankin

Post Office Box Rentals 1915, 1916, 1917
Rankin, Texas

Electric Meter Orders -- West Texas Utilities
Rankin, Texas

Original Petition for Post Office at Upland

Postmasters & Post Offices of Rankin, Texas

Upton County World War I & II Veterans

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Upton County Photos (28)

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Link to the City of McCamey Website

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Upton County Lookups:

The Upton County archival holdings in the Rankin Museum include the collections of Maggie Taylor,  Opal Nix,  Gertrude Smith,  Geneva Johnson,  Ann Clark and many others.    They are all filed and catalogued.   All   Upton County newspapers are on microfilm (with microfilm reader available) or are bound.   Over 200 area Texana books,  genealogy books,  area microfilm census records and over 3,000 Upton County obituaries are in chronological order.   The photo file contains over 1,600 prints of Upland and Rankin personalities and area scenes.   The address for the Rankin Museum is: The Rankin Museum, 100 W. 5th Street, P.O. Box 82, Rankin, Texas 79778.

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Upton County -- From the New Texas Handbook:

UPTON COUNTY,  located in southwest Texas south of Midland county,  is named for Confederate officers John C. and William F. Upton.   The county is in the Edwards Plateau vegetation region.   At 2,300 to 3,000 feet above sea level,  the northern portion of the county is flat, while the southern section is rolling and hilly and has numerous small lakes,  which drain to the Middle Concho and Pecos rivers.   Earliest inhabitants were the Comanche and Apache Indians who lost their domain to the US Army and the "advancing tide" of settlers in the 1870s and 1880s.   In the 1860s the Chihuahua Trail from Mexico to Indianola crossed the area,  as did the Butterfield Overland Mail and the Goodnight-Loving Trail.

Originally a part of Bexar county,  Upton was part of Tom Green county from 1874 until 1887 when Upton county was established.   In 1890 census there were 52 people living in Upton county;  48 in 1900.    A public school was established in 1908,  and in 1910 there were 105 ranches or farms.   Population had grown to 501.

In fall 1911 the Kansas City,  Mexico and Orient Railway reached the townsite of Rankin,  which became the county seat in 1921.   A full page is devoted to Upton county in the New Texas Handbook,  which is recommended for further information.

The county clerk at Rankin,  the county seat,  has vital records since 1910.

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Weather Records for Upton County
08-01-1948 through 10-31-1984 from the
Cooperative Weather Service-Midland-Odessa, Texas

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Crockett Crockett County	Crane Crane County	Midland Midland County	Reagan Reagan County

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