Organized in 1892, sixteen years after the cut. Quitaque was the older stage stop.
Briscoe County's seat is Silverton, where the High Plains break at the Caprock. A canyon-floor credit and a caprock credit can land the same Friday. The close is remote.
Andrew Briscoe, a Revolution soldier who later judged cases and promoted railroads in the republic, is the name. Silverton is the seat. The ground was cut from the Bexar District in 1876 and organized on March 15, 1892, after Thomas J. Braidfoot's townsite won over the stage stop at Quitaque.
Hall lies east, Swisher west, Armstrong north, and Floyd and Motley south. The Caprock escarpment splits the Llano Estacado from the rolling plains. Tule Canyon cuts the north. Gray and chocolate loam, then light sand, line the valleys of the Prairie Dog Town Fork and Tule Creek. Cotton, wheat, and grain sorghum occupy the ground above the rim. Mesquite and cedar stand in the breaks. Jose Mares and Pedro Vial passed in the late 1780s, and Francisco Amangual in 1808.
Plains Apaches, then Comanches, used the canyon recesses. Freight wagons ran from Estelline before any branch line arrived. J. N. Stalbird's election made Silverton the organized seat.
Silverton can clear a canyon credit and a rim credit in one week.
The July 2026 Comptroller figure used here shows no county sales tax for Briscoe County. State sales tax is 6.25%. Where a city has its own rate, that city rate stacks on the state rate and any county rate. The combined cap is 8.25%. City rates are not listed on this page.
Business personal property renditions go to the county appraisal district for Briscoe County. Put April 15 on the calendar. That district's form says which date controls the list.
The franchise report is due May 15. Texas has no state income tax. Neither date goes away because of that.
Baker brothers and O. J. Wiren stocked the Quitaque Ranch, the Lazy F, in 1878. Jose Piedad Tafoya had kept a post at Los Lenguas Springs, also called Los Lingos. Ranald S. Mackenzie fought at Tule Creek in September 1874, then took the horse herd in Tule Canyon. The Valley of Tears is a Comanchero place-name in that same account. J. N. Stalbird was the first judge, Miner Crawford the sheriff, F. D. Fisher the attorney, and R. I. Hanna the treasurer. State Highway 86 strings Tulia, Silverton, Quitaque, and Turkey. State Highway 256 runs toward Memphis and Clarendon. Wagons out of Estelline carried freight until the Fort Worth and Denver branch arrived in the late 1920s. Lake Theo, named for Theo Geissler, and Caprock Canyons State Park are later marks on the same rim. If the paper says cotton, wheat, or sorghum, use that word. If it names Quitaque, say Quitaque rather than Silverton.
The Shoe Bar sat northeast of the Lazy F, which was fenced in 1883. T. L. Anderson was clerk. Mackenzie Reservoir and Caprock Canyons State Park lie on that same rim. Quitaque began in 1890 as a stage stop.
When the word is chosen, open QuickBooks Online and send the paper on a secure link. Teams is the 30 minutes where you confirm it. The bank feed should show that word. What you read next is a short written note. A finished return moves by e-signature. Reserve the half hour on the booking link. You can stay in Silverton.
Other trades are on the industry list. This page stays the county.
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Sources:
Handbook of Texas: Briscoe County
County sales tax is the July 2026 Texas Comptroller figure supplied in the project county file. Seat, year, name, and the county it was formed from are the same file.