Scurry County Extension on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Scurry County Extension
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last updated: August 2023

Scurry County is located below the caprock in the cross-hairs of the Panhandle and West Texas. Snyder, Texas is the county seat of Scurry County. The town is located in west central Texas, about 80 miles southeast of Lubbock and about 85 miles northwest of Abilene. It is primarily a farming and ranching area that was established about the time the 'Big Ranches' began to move onto the Caprock. The Caprock is the name given to the area of Texas where the Staked Plains begin. Below the Caprock the vegetation varies from lush to scrub, above the Caprock, the land is almost totally arid tending toward desert.

The town-site of Snyder was laid out in 1882 and the county organized two years later, and is the present seat of Scurry County. In 1950 the city grew from 4,000 population to more than 12,000 after the discovery of Canyon Reef Oil Field. Now the center of the largest unitized (operated by a single operator) oil field in the world. Industries include petroleum processing, cottonseed breeding, farming and ranching, and other diversified industries.

Scurry County Per Capita Personal Income(PCPI) in 1996 was $17,043.00. This PCPI ranked 148th in the State, and was 76 percent of the State average, $22,324.00 and 70 percent of the national average. In 1986, the PCPI of Scurry County was $12,185.00 and ranked 100th in the State. The average annual growth rate for the State was 4.8 percent and for the nation was 4.9 percent.

Scurry County, like other small Texas counties, is concentrating on growing a strong educational system and developing a strong economy that will prepare its citizens and its children for the 21st century.

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