COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1887

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Robert Potter, legislator, cabinet member, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Oneida, renamed Amarillo after the nearby lake and creek.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: The lake and creek had been named by New Mexican traders and pastores, probably for the yellow soil along the creek banks or the yellow wildflowers that were abundant during the spring and summer.