Schleicher County, Texas
Introduction


[thumb\|right\|[FLDS](/wiki/FLDS "FLDS") Temple at the [YFZ Ranch](/wiki/YFZ_Ranch "YFZ Ranch") in Schleicher County](/wiki/File:FLDS_Eldorado_hi.jpg "FLDS Eldorado hi.jpg")
[thumb\|200px\|right\|Schleicher County Public Library in Eldorado](/wiki/File:Schleicher_County_Public_Library%2C_Eldorado%2C_TX_IMG_1387.JPG "Schleicher County Public Library, Eldorado, TX IMG 1387.JPG")

**Schleicher County** is a [county](/wiki/County_%28United_States%29 "County (United States)") located on the [Edwards Plateau](/wiki/Edwards_Plateau "Edwards Plateau") in the [U.S. state](/wiki/U.S._state "U.S. state") of [Texas](/wiki/Texas "Texas"). As of the [2020 census](/wiki/2020_United_States_Census "2020 United States Census"), its population was 2,451\. Its [county seat](/wiki/County_seat "County seat") is [Eldorado](/wiki/Eldorado%2C_Texas "Eldorado, Texas"). The county was created in 1887 and organized in 1901\. It is named for [Gustav Schleicher](/wiki/Gustav_Schleicher "Gustav Schleicher"), a German immigrant who became a surveyor and politician.[Lyman Wight's Mormon Colony in Texas](http://www.io.com/~xeke/mormons2.htm) excerpt from "Mormon Trails" chapter in *Hill Country* travel guide by Richard Zelade. Accessed August 6, 2007\.


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