 The county is also home to the Lynn County Hospital District that provides medical care to the county and surrounding area 

Apache and Comanche peoples roamed the high plains until various military expeditions of the 19th century pushed them away.The Red River War of 1874 was a military campaign to drive out the Apaches, Comanches, and Kiowas in Texas.In 1877, the ill-fated Nolan Expedition crossed the county in search of livestock stolen by Comanche renegades.