Scurry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,932. Its county seat is Snyder, which is the home for Western Texas College. Scurry County is named for Confederate General William Scurry. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1884. Scurry County was one of 46 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas, until a 2006 election approved the sale of beer and wine in Snyder, and a 2008 election approved the sale of liquor by the drink throughout the county.
Scurry County Courthouse in Snyder
Scurry County marker
Veterans Monument at the Scurry County Courthouse
Scurry County Museum is located on the campus of Western Texas College in Snyder.
Snyder is a city in, and the county seat of Scurry County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,438 at the 2020 census. The city is located in the lower part of the Southwestern Tablelands ecological region. In 2023, Snyder was ranked as the 16th Worst place to live and 2nd Most dangerous according to KQVT and Norada Real Estate Investments.
Downtown Snyder
The Scurry County Coliseum in Snyder, has been operated since 2008 by Western Texas College.
Cogdell Memorial Hospital is located near Western Texas College in Snyder
Ritz Theater in downtown Snyder