Quitaque, Texas
Quitaque is a small city in Briscoe County, set where the flat High Plains of the Texas Panhandle break into red-rock canyons about 72 miles northeast of Lubbock. It sits at the gateway to Caprock Canyons State Park, home to the official Texas State Bison Herd, whose animals descend from the last of the southern plains bison. The rugged caprock escarpment and canyon country make the area a draw for hikers, campers, and stargazers.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 357
- Change from 2020 base
- +3.8%
- Land area
- 0.7 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Briscoe County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Briscoe County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Quitaque
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Quitaque.
History
Tule Canyon and the End of the Comanche Era
Tule Canyon in Briscoe County was the site of a key 1874 military campaign. That campaign ended Comanche and Kiowa control of the Southern Plains and opened the door to the ranching and farming era that shaped the county.
Property tax
How the Briscoe County Appraisal District Works
Your land gets a value from one office and a bill from another, both at 415 Main in Silverton, and if the house is where you actually live, a homestead exemption knocks the taxable value down.
Agricultural appraisal
Ag Valuation: How Farmland Gets Taxed in Briscoe County
A Briscoe County tract can carry two values on the tax roll: what it might sell for, and what qualifying agricultural land can actually produce.
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