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Paul's Hanover Co. Paul's King George Co. Stephen's King and Queen Co. Stephen's Northumberland Co. Rockefeller Jr. This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Navigation menu Personal tools English. Namespaces Page Talk. Views Read View source View history. Submit Wiki Content Report a Problem. Grayson County , Virginia. Location in the state of Virginia, United States Genealogy. Location of Virginia in the U. Statewide registration for births and deaths began in General compliance year is unknown.
Family History Library. Median Income. Median Home Price. Median Age. Comfort Index Climate. Sherman is a typical small Texas town on the southern extension of the Great Plains. Smaller Denison is about 6 miles north. Proximity to the Dallas—Fort Worth metroplex, a central U. Read More about Grayson. The area has a reasonable cost of living and pleasant small-town prosperity. The area sits on a broad, level plain with areas of deciduous trees.
The climate is similar to that of the Dallas—Fort Worth area; a mix of continental and humid subtropical climates with considerable variations at all times of year. Summers are warm with occasional hot spells and thunderstorms. Winters are generally mild but with occasional cold snaps and snow as polar air invades from the north.
Recent job growth is Positive. Grayson County jobs have increased by 2. More Economy. More Voting Stats. Throughout the early years of the twentieth century Grayson County remained agricultural, its farms in comprising , of the county's , total acres.
The advent of the automobile effected significant changes in Grayson County. The first countywide road system, all gravel, was established in , and by Grayson County had hard-surfaced roads. In county residents registered 12, automobiles, a number that increased to 14, in and 28, in By the number of registered vehicles had grown to 36,, and the county had numerous state highways as well as U.
Between and Grayson County experienced the only decennial population decrease in its history. Having increased steadily from , county population reached 74, in By , however, it had dropped to 65,, and in spite of subsequent regular increases the total was not exceeded until the census enumerated 83, The number of farms decreased from 5, in to 4, by Unemployment rose from 6.
Federal agencies were at work in the county, however, during these years. The courthouse, destroyed by fire in the Sherman riot of , was rebuilt in with Public Works Administration funds, and the Civilian Conservation Corps did extensive soil-conservation work throughout the area. In the Rural Electrification Administration brought electric power to rural Grayson County, and by the cooperative had 2, members. The number of members increased steadily thereafter, to 4, in , 7, in , and 12, in In Congress authorized the construction of a dam and reservoir north of Denison to control the flooding of the Red River, generate electrical power, and provide irrigation.
Lake Texoma , the reservoir, with a shoreline of 1, miles, was developed by the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service and remains a major recreation area and tourist attraction. The dam project was an economic boom to the county, as was the construction of Perrin Air Force Base in The blow to Grayson County's economy caused by the closing of the base in was tempered somewhat by the conversion of the facilities into an airport, one of three currently in operation, and an industrial complex.
The Denison Dam Project and the construction of Perrin Field precipitated a period of expansion and development that subsequently characterized Grayson County as a whole. Although the sale of livestock and livestock products remained high throughout the s and s, the number of farms decreased at a rate commensurate with declines on state and national levels. The opening of the first oilfield in the county in heralded a business that became integral to the economy.
In more than 1,, barrels of petroleum were produced in the county; by the end of that year more than ,, barrels had been produced in the area since During the s and s Grayson County emerged as a manufacturing and trade center, with 31 percent of its labor force in employed in manufacturing and 19 percent in wholesale and retail trade.
The census showed that County population totaled 89, in and 95, in County voting was solidly Democratic before the Civil War and after Reconstruction. The voters of Grayson County favored the Democratic candidate in virtually every presidential election from through ; the only exception occurred in , when Republican Herbert Hoover took the county. In both and Dwight D. Eisenhower failed to carry the county, though his birthplace in Denison is the feature of the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historical Site.
After , when Republican Ronald Reagan took the county, the area began to trend Republican. Republican presidential candidates carried the area in virtually every presidential election from through ; the only exception was , when independent candidate Ross Perot won a plurality of the county's votes.
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