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Texas became the 28th state on December 29, 1845
Capital - Austin
Motto - Friendship
Nickname - Lone Star
State Song - Texas, Our Texas
Flower - Bluebonnet
Tree- Pecan
Bird - Mockingbird

In memory of
Malcom Luther "Mike" Basham
First TXGenWeb State Coordinator
25 May 1942
to
15 September 1997


Adjacent Counties
Winkler County - N
Ector County - NE
Crane County - E
Pecos County - S
Reeves County - W
Loving County - NW

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Welcome

Ward County Map. Courtesy of the Texas Almanac. Image available on the Internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.

Welcome to Ward County. You will be seeing some major changes to the site in the near future. I plan to be adding as much new content as possible. If you have any information you would like to have added, please feel free to let me know and I will try to locate a resource or if you have information you would like to donate, we can get that published for you. Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have.

Submissions

We accept any kind of record that reflects the history of the area or contains information on its inhabitants. We are especially interested in transcriptions of original records like (but not limited to) marriage, birth and death indexes, marriage, birth and death certificates, land records, military records, Family Bible records, census records, wills and their probates, or lists of cemetery burials. We would love to include your information on this site whether it contains information on one person or a thousand. If you have something of interest.

TSHA

Ward County is on the southwestern edge of the High Plains region of southwest Texas. The center of the county is at 31°32' north latitude and 103°07' west longitude, near the community of Pyote. Monahans, the county seat, is in the northeastern corner of Ward County at the intersection of Interstate Highway 20 and Farm Road 18, thirty-three miles southwest of Odessa on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The area was named for Thomas W. Ward. Ward County covers 539,460 acres, or 836 square miles, of generally level land; elevations range from 2,400 to 2,800 feet above sea level. Large areas in north Ward County are composed of active, windblown sand dunes, subject to wind erosion and sediment transport. This area has scattered oak groves and a number of sections commonly barren except for grasses and nongrassy herbs, the abundance of which depends on rainfall. Along the Pecos River in the south and west are areas of alluvial fans composed of sand, gravel, and mud substrate. Scrub brush and sparse grasses grow in this part of the county. Near the towns of Grandfalls and Royalty are areas of caliche with bedrock and alluvial material in the substrate. Scrub brush, sparse grasses, creosote bush, and cacti grow in the shallow, stony soils. Less than 1 percent of Ward County is considered prime farmland. The Pecos River is the only continuous flowing source of surface water in the area; the average annual rainfall is twelve inches. Temperatures in Ward County range from an average low of 29° F in January to an average high of 98° F in July. The average growing season lasts 223 days. The production of petroleum and natural gas are quite important to the economy.

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