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Claude, TX - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Claude  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Claude Home page. The Claude Home page provides as much information as possible on Claude. Knowing Claude’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Claude’s Home page, you will also find Claude’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Claude has a population of 1358. 44.8% of Claude’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.2 are female. 61.2% of Claude is married and 79% own their own home. The Average Home price is $152,450, and the average rent is $938. Household median income in Claude is $68,772, and the individual median income is $31,726. Claude’s Ethnic is the following: White(88.2%), Hispanic(11.6%), Multiple(7.4%), Other(2.3%), Native(1.1%), Black(1%).


During the first half of the 16th century, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Coronado and his party passed through Claude and Tule Canyon, a scenic wonder to the south of Claude off Texas State Highway 207. Claude was originally named Armstrong City after several area ranches named Armstrong. The town name became Claude in 1887, named for Claude Ayers.


He was the engineer of the first train of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway to travel through the area.When Armstrong County was formed in 1890, Claude and Washburn competed to be the county seat. The tie-breaking vote for Claude was reportedly cast by the legendary cattleman Charles Goodnight, former co-owner of the nearby JA Ranch.


The Armstrong County Courthouse in Claude dates to 1912. W.A. Warner (1864–1934), a physician in Claude, organized Boy Scouts of America Troop 17 in the spring of 1912. Thirty boys met in his drugstore. As scoutmaster, Dr. Warner trained many of the future civic leaders of Claude. During his medical career, Warner delivered some two thousand babies.


Mrs. Warner (1866–1935), the former Phebe Kerrick, became an active community leader in Claude. Both were Illinois natives but with heritage from southwest Haiti. W.S. Decker established a weekly newspaper, The Claude Argus, which later merged with the Goodnight News to become The Claude News in 1890. The Armstrong County Museum has local and western-themed exhibits.


The film "Hud" starring Paul Newman and Patricia Neal was filmed there in 1962.


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