Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Jones
- Total
- 2.76 sq mi (7.16 km )
- Land
- 2.76 sq mi (7.15 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 1,729 ft (527 m)
- Density
- 830.2/sq mi (320.56/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-03372
- Website
- anson-tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Anson Jones
- Official name
- Anson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jones County
- Population
- 2294
- Area
- 7.161278
- Elevation
- 527
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Jones County
- Official website
- anson-tx.us
- Image
- Jones County Courthouse Anson Texas 2009.JPG
- Households
- 869
- Dialing code
- 325
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- postal code
- 79501
- P8168
- Susan Atkins
- water as percent of area
- 0.1238
- per capita income
- 23204
- Commons category
- Anson, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Anson is a city in and the county seat of Jones County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,294 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas metropolitan area. Originally named "Jones City", the town was renamed "Anson" in 1882 in honor of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.