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| | Handbook of Texas Online: COTTLE COUNTY |
 | | Cottle County (A-12), in the rolling prairieland of Northwest Texas below the High Plains, is bordered on the north by Childress County, on the west by Motley County, on the south by King County, and on the east by Foard and Hardeman counties. |
 | | The census counted 506 farms in the county in 1910, 686 in 1920, 832 in 1925, and 1,047 in 1930. |
 | | The county's population dropped to 6,099 by 1950, to 4,207 by 1960, to 3,204 by 1970, and 2,947 by 1980; in 1990 residents numbered 2,247. |
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