Formed August 21, 1876 (191st county)
Garza County (5,816), Post (4,792)
The Texas Renaissance brown brick and concrete courthouse in Post was built in 1923. Built on a square created by Main Street and Avenues L and M, this is the second courthouse for Garza County and Post. United States Highway 380 is one block south of the site. The county was organized on August 21, 1876 and the first courthouse was located in Post in 1908. An Annex as added in 1973. Garza County was created from Bexar County as the 191st county. Guy A. Carlander designed the current courthouse. The county was named for the local pioneer family of Jose Antonio de la Garza. Post got its name from C. W. Post, a local industrialist who founded the city.
Garza County government consists of a sheriff, a County Judge, and 4 Commissioners. One District Court Judge serves Garza, Dawson, Gaines, and Lynn counties and One County Court Judge serves Garza County. The county is in the panhandle of Texas. Lubbock, Texas is northwest and Abilene, Texas is southeast of the county. A fork of the Brazos River crosses the county from northwest to southeast. The county center is 5.3 miles East of Post. The county is surrounded clockwise by Crosby, Dickens, Kent, Scurry, Borden, Lynn, and Lubbock counties.
The area of the county is 896 square miles. It is 160 out of 254 in the state. It ranks 192 out of 254 in population in the state. It has a density of 6.5 persons per square mile making it 184 out of 254 in the state. Garza County has 82.4% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 84 crosses diagonally northwest to southwest, Lynn County to Scurry County. United States Highway 380 goes from Kent County, east, to Lynn County, west. Another of the square shaped counties of West Texas has Post located west of the geographical center. Post is the county seat and, as the only incorporated city, it is the largest city. It is 82.4% of the county population. The county is pronounced GAR-ZA.
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