Collingsworth County | |
|---|---|
 Collingsworth County Courthouse in Wellington | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Texas | |
 Texas's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 34°58′N 100°16′W / 34.97°N 100.27°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Texas |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Named for | James Collinsworth |
| Seat | Wellington |
| Largest city | Wellington |
| Area | |
• Total | 919 sq mi (2,380 km2) |
| • Land | 918 sq mi (2,380 km2) |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2 km2) 0.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,652 |
| • Density | 2.9/sq mi (1.1/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 13th |
| Website | www |
Collingsworth County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,652.[1][2] Its county seat is Wellington.[3] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1890.[4] It is named for James Collinsworth,[5] a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the Republic of Texas (a recording error in the bill accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected). Collingsworth County was one of 30[6] prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in Texas, but a vote in 2017 changed this law.[7]
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Collingsworth County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ "Collingsworth County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 87.
- ^ "TABC Local Option Elections General Information". Archived from the original on May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ^ "TABC Wet and Dry Counties". www.tabc.state.tx.us. Retrieved June 27, 2018.