Concho Valley

Concho Valley
Region
Texas Counties in the Concho Valley
Texas Counties in the Concho Valley
Country United States
State Texas
RegionWest Texas
Area
 • Total42,410 km2 (16,376 sq mi)
Population
 • Total157,721[1]
Area code325

The Concho Valley is a region in West Texas. The region takes its name from the Concho River ("shell" in Spanish), named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels in the river.[2]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-03-14. Retrieved 2015-05-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Julia Cauble Smith: Concho River from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2010-05-18.