The practical part
Young County offices and deadlines
Appraisal district & tax office →
The Comptroller's official directory for Young County: who sets your value and who sends the bill.
Homestead exemption →
File Form 50-114 with the appraisal district. It is free. The regular deadline is April 30, and late filing is allowed for up to two years.
Protest your appraisal →
The usual deadline is May 15, or 30 days after your notice arrives, whichever is later.
Estimate a tax bill →
Model a bill from local rates, the homestead exemption, and the appraisal cap.
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Young County · Lake Country
Lake Graham Is Really a Two-Lake Water Story
Lake Graham and Lake Eddleman sit north of Graham, joined by a canal after the city built separate dams on Salt Creek and Flint Creek.
Young County · History
Fort Belknap Was a Major Frontier Post in What Is Now Young County
Fort Belknap, founded in 1851 near today's Newcastle, was a key U.S. Army outpost on the Texas frontier and is now a museum and archives site.
Young County · Courthouse Square
The Arch on Graham's Square Is a Courthouse Survivor
The arch on Graham's square is not decoration; it is the east doorway from the 1884 courthouse that stood before the 1930s building.
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- Stories & local character Outdoors Lake Graham Is Really a Two-Lake Water Story Lake Graham and Lake Eddleman sit north of Graham, joined by a canal after the city built separate dams on Salt Creek and Flint Creek.
- Practical Money & Taxes Homestead Exemption Lowers Your Tax Bill in Young County Texas law requires school districts to give homeowners a $140,000 exemption on their main home, which can cut a significant portion of the taxable value.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Fort Belknap Was a Major Frontier Post in What Is Now Young County Fort Belknap, founded in 1851 near today's Newcastle, was a key U.S. Army outpost on the Texas frontier and is now a museum and archives site.
- Practical Money & Taxes Two Offices Handle Your Property Tax in Young County The appraisal district on 5th Street sets your home's value; the tax office two blocks over doesn't actually collect the bill.
- Stories & local character History & Culture The Arch on Graham's Square Is a Courthouse Survivor The arch on Graham's square is not decoration; it is the east doorway from the 1884 courthouse that stood before the 1930s building.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Loving Carries a Cattle-Trail Name North of Graham Loving carries a cattle-trail name in a quiet farming community north of Graham.
- Stories & local character History & Culture A Graham Oak Ties Young County to Texas Ranching A Graham oak marks the meeting place where local ranchers organized the group that became the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Oil Has Shaped Young County's Economy Since the 1920s Young County struck oil in the 1920s, and production peaked in the 1950s, driving a population and economic boom that still shapes the county today.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Newcastle Carries Young County's Coal Chapter Newcastle began as a coal camp and carried that mining story until the nearby coal work faded in the 1940s.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Olney's Story Runs Through Rail, Oil, and Open-Field Work Olney's story bends from ranch settlement to railroad timing, then to oil and small-city manufacturing.
- Stories & local character Outdoors Young County Sits Where Cross Timbers Meet Brazos Water Young County is oak, prairie, creek breaks, and Brazos water rather than one flat map color.
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