Fisher County, Texas

Fisher County
Fisher County
County
	The Fisher County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 32°44′N 100°24′W / 32.74°N 100.4°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1886
Named for	Samuel Rhoads Fisher
Seat	Roby
Largest city	Rotan
Area
• Total	902 sq mi (2,340 km2)
• Land	899 sq mi (2,330 km2)
• Water	2.8 sq mi (7 km2) 0.3%
Population (2020)
• Total	3,672
• Density	4.1/sq mi (1.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	19th
Website	www.co.fisher.tx.us

Fisher County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,672.^[1] The county seat is Roby.^[2] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1886.^[3] It is named for Samuel Rhoads Fisher,^[4] a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a Secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas. Fisher County was one of 30^[5] prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in Texas, but is now a fully wet county.

^ "Fisher County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 126.
^ "Wet/Dry Status of Texas Counties as of November 2010". Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Archived from the original on December 11, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.