Formed August 21, 1876 (174th county)
Borden County (628), Gail* (231)
The Art Deco tan brick courthouse, built in 1939, is easily located in this small community. United States Highway 180 goes east west through the county with the courthouse being located where Texas State Farm to Market Route 669 crosses it in Gail. The building’s designer was the David S. Castle Company. Gail has been the only county seat since the county was formed on August 21, 1876. One previous courthouse was in Gail built in 1890. Borden County was originally part of Bexar County as the 174th county. The county and county seat were named for Gail Borden, Jr., a civic promoter, missionary, newspaper publisher, and inventor.
Borden County government consists of a sheriff, a County Judge, and 4 Commissioners. One District Court Judge serves Borden and Scurry counties and One County Court Judge serves Borden County. The county is in the panhandle south and east of Lubbock, Texas. The county center is .5 miles East of Gail. The county is surrounded clockwise by Garza, Scurry, Mitchell, Howard, Martin, Dawson, and Lynn counties.
The area of the county is 899 square miles. It is 155 out of 254 in the state. It ranks 250 out of 254 in population in the state. It has a density of 0.7 persons per square mile making it 247 out of 254 in the state. Borden County has 0.0% of its population in its incorporated areas since there are no incorporated cities. United States Highway 180 crosses from east to west, Scurry County to Dawson County. The square shaped Borden County has Gail in the center. Gail is the county seat and the largest populated area. It is 36.8% of the county population.
Gail (unincorporated)
