Why Stop In Young County???

Young County, located on the Prairies and Pineywoods Wildlife Trail of North Central Texas, was named for Col. William C. Young. The area was first settled in the early 1850s by the U.S. Cavalry and hearty pioneers, followed by the wild frontier days of Texas and the oil boom years of the 1920s and 1930s. It covers 919 square miles of hilly, rolling country.
Young County boasts 50 sites marked by historic markers, five of which are national historic sites. Fort Belknap of the Texas Forts Trail was the northern anchor of a series of U.S. Army forts built to protect the Texas Frontier and is open to visitors. The county seat of Graham is the founding site of the Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association. Graham hosts a county museum and fine arts exhibits at the Old Post Office Museum and Art Center.
Tourists find entertainment in canoeing, fishing, skiing, and scuba diving on one of the three surrounding lakes or the Brazos River. Wildlife viewing, hunting, trail rides, nature hikes, cycling, motor cross and rock climbing are available to sports enthusiasts.
The Young County Arena, a competition-style arena for rodeo events, hosts the renowned Graham Rotary Club Wild Game Dinner, circuses and concerts. Our Texas Collegiate Baseball team, the Graham Roughnecks, features top college prospects.
The internationally known Wildcatter Ranch, bed & breakfast community, and guest ranches support other events in the area including the nation’s only “One Arm Dove Hunt” in Olney, and the Art Splash on the Square Arts Festival, Red White & You July Fourth Celebration, and the lighted Christmas Stroll and Parade in Graham.
County Judge Stanley Peavy III