Collingsworth County, Texas

Collingsworth County
Collingsworth County Courthouse in Wellington
Collingsworth County Courthouse in Wellington
Map of Texas highlighting Collingsworth County
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Map of the United States highlighting Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 34°58′N 100°16′W / 34.97°N 100.27°W / 34.97; -100.27
Country United States
State Texas
Founded1890
Named forJames Collinsworth
SeatWellington
Largest cityWellington
Area
 • Total919 sq mi (2,380 km2)
 • Land918 sq mi (2,380 km2)
 • Water0.9 sq mi (2 km2)  0.1%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,652
 • Density2.9/sq mi (1.1/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district13th
Websitewww.co.collingsworth.tx.us

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]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Collingsworth County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. ^ "Collingsworth County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 87.
  6. ^ "TABC Local Option Elections General Information". Archived from the original on May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  7. ^ "TABC Wet and Dry Counties". www.tabc.state.tx.us. Retrieved June 27, 2018.