Garza County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1907. Garza is named for a pioneer Bexar County family of José Antonio de la Garza., as it was once a part of that county. It is located southeast of Lubbock.
A leading civic figure in Garza County was until his death in 2011 Giles McCrary, a rancher, oil developer, investor, and art collector. McCrary’s OS Ranch Museum is a popular attraction in the county seat of Post, which has made an extended effort to attract tourism. 1980 The most important business in the county are agribusiness, oil and gas extraction, and textile mills.
