PALO PINTO COUNTY PALO PINTO COUNTY. Palo Pinto County (D-15) is
in north central Texas, bounded on the east by Parker County, on
the south by Erath County, on the west by Stephens County, and
on the north by Young and Jack counties. The center of the
county lies at 32°45' north latitude and 98°18' west longitude,
eighty miles west of Fort Worth. The area is named for one of
its principal streams. The county covers 948 square miles of
broken, hilly land with sandy, gray, and black soils; elevations
range between 800 to 1,450 feet above sea level. The county has
an average annual rainfall of 30.13 inches and is drained by the
Brazos River. Timber in the area includes cedar, oak, and pecan.
Temperatures range from an average low of 33° F in January to an
average high of 96° F in July; the growing season lasts 221
days. During the 1980s the county's annual agricultural yield
was $12.5 million, 90 percent of which was from livestock,
including cattle, sheep, angora goats, and hogs. Pecans,
peaches, vegetables, gr