Throckmorton County Ranches
Northwest of Possum Kingdom Lake is Throckmorton County, The area was named for William E. Throckmorton, an early settler on the north Texas frontier. Throckmorton... Read More
Northwest of Possum Kingdom Lake is Throckmorton County, The area was named for William E. Throckmorton, an early settler on the north Texas frontier. Throckmorton County encompasses 915 square miles of rolling country with red to black soils drained by the Clear Fork and Salt Fork of the Brazos River; elevations range between 1,200 to 1,800 feet above sea level. Hills are prominent in the southwestern sections. The county is in the Rolling Plains vegetation region and is covered by bluestem, gramas, wildryes, and wheat grass, along with some mesquite trees. Annual rainfall averages twenty-six inches. Temperatures range from an average minimum of 29° F in January to an average maximum of 98° in July. The average growing season lasts 220 days.
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