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Motley County was created on August 21, 1876, from Young and Bexar Counties. It was organized on February 5, 1891. It is named for Junius William Mottley, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
The large Matador Ranch, established in 1882 by a syndicate from Scotland and still operational after it was liquidated in 1951, is located in Motley and five adjoining counties.
The first white child in Motley County, Nora Cooper, was born in 1882 near what is the now ghost town of Tee Pee City, a camp operated by bison hunters and later the headquarters of the Texas Rangers under Captain G.W. Arrington from 1879 to 1881.
Adjacent Counties
Towns & Communities
- Flomot
- Matador (County Seat)
- Roaring Springs
- Tee Pee City
- Whiteflat
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