Deaf Smith County, Texas

Deaf Smith County is a county in Texas. The population of the county is 19,372.
Deaf Smith County 	State
Founded 	1890
Named for 	Deaf Smith
County seat 	Hereford
Population 	19,372
Habitat 	Farmland
Cong. District 	13th
County Guildmaster	César San Martín
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 Business
US Route 60
US Route 385
Texas State Highway 214
Spur 211
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Randall County (east)
Oldham County (north)
Parmer County (south)
Castro County (southeast)
Curry County, New Mexico (southwest)
Quay County, New Mexico (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
71.00% Hispanic or Latino (13,754)
27.05% White (5,240)
1.05% Other (204)
0.90% Black or African American (174)
15.8% (3,060) of Deaf Smith County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Deaf Smith County's rates of Pokemon theft and murder are somewhat above average for the Texas Panhandle. The county reported 8 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.86 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location	Rate
Charmander 	Farmland	1-25%
Charmeleon 	Farmland	1-10%
Rattata 	Farmland	1-35%
Raticate 	Farmland	1-20%
Ekans 	Farmland	1-25%
Arbok 	Farmland	1-12%
Pikachu 	Farmland	1-70%
Raichu 	Farmland	1-52%
Sandshrew 	Farmland	1-30%
Sandslash 	Farmland	1-20%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Farmland	1-17%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Farmland	1-7%
Vulpix 	Farmland	1-10%
Ponyta 	Farmland	1-50%
Rapidash 	Farmland	1-30%
Electabuzz 	Farmland	1-48%
Tauros 	Farmland	1-15%
Eevee 	Farmland	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Jolteon 	Farmland	1-15%
Flareon 	Farmland	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Farmland	1-35%
Quilava 	Farmland	1-20%
Typhlosion 	Farmland	1-3%
Pichu 	Farmland	1-61%
Mareep 	Farmland	1-72%
Flaaffy 	Farmland	1-62%
Ampharos 	Farmland	1-49%
Espeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Umbreon 	Farmland	1-5%
Elekid 	Farmland	1-70%
Electrike 	Farmland	1-70%
Manectric 	Farmland	1-55%
Plusle/Minun 	Farmland	1-73%
Zangoose 	Farmland	1-25%
Seviper 	Farmland	1-10%
Chimchar 	Farmland	1-30%
Monferno 	Farmland	1-15%
Infernape 	Farmland	1%
Shinx 	Farmland	1-75%
Luxio 	Farmland	1-60%
Luxray 	Farmland	1-42%
Pachirisu 	Farmland	1-70%
Leafeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Glaceon 	Farmland	1-5%
Tepig 	Farmland	1-30%
Pignite 	Farmland	1-15%
Emboar 	Farmland	1%
Emolga 	Farmland	1-70%
Skiddo 	Farmland	1-43%
Gogoat 	Farmland	1-23%
Helioptile 	Farmland	1-70%
Heliolisk 	Farmland	1-54%
Sylveon 	Farmland	1-5%
Dedenne 	Farmland	1-67%
Togedemaru 	Farmland	1-72%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Hereford - 15,370
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Dawn
Glenrio (partly in Quay County, New Mexico)
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	20 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	15 inches
Average yearly sunny days	261
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	8 (High)
Blizzard risk 	4 (Moderate)
== Fun facts ==
* Deaf Smith has the highest percentage of Hispanic residents among all of the Texas Panhandle counties.
* The Bluegrass musicians Smokey and Thomas Edd Mayfield (1924-2008 and 1926-1958, respectively) were born in Dawn. A third Mayfield brother, Herbert (1920-2008), lived in Dawn as a young boy until his family moved to Dimmitt in 1931.
* Deaf Smith was selected as an alternate site for a possible nuclear waste disposal repository, but was later dropped. Jesse Frank Ford, founder of Arrowhead Mills, led the opposition to the Deaf Smith site on grounds of contamination of the Ogallala Aquifer, the source of much of the water supply for West Texas.
* The headquarters of the Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative are located in Hereford. The cooperative provides electricity for Deaf Smith County, as well as Castro, Parmer and Oldham counties.
* Deaf Smith is quite reliably Republican like the rest of the Panhandle, but doesn't give as high of a percentage like the rest of some other counties do.
* Erastus "Deaf" Smith (1787–1837), a partially deaf scout and soldier who served in the Texas Revolution and was the first to reach the Alamo after its fall. The pronunciation of "Deaf", like that of Smith himself, is /diːf/ DEEF; however, most residents pronounce it /dɛf/ DEF.
* Outside of Hereford, there's really nothing else in the county to see asides miles of farmland and maybe some oil & gas fields.
* Glenrio was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It was also founded as Rock Island, but was renamed in 1908.
** At the time of the listing, the district included 12 contributing buildings and 4 other contributing structures.
* Portions of The Grapes of Wrath were filmed in Glenrio.
* On June 25, 2008, the State of New Mexico opened the Glenrio Welcome Center on Interstate 40 at the Texas state line. The center includes such things as a pet walk, a livestock corral, wireless Internet access, a movie theater, and information kiosks. Built to accommodate one million visitors per year, it includes green features such as recycling of greywater for grounds irrigation, and a wind turbine that will generate 20 percent of the center's energy.
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