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Colorado County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Colorado River
- Seat
- Columbus
- Largest city
- Columbus
- Total
- 974 sq mi (2,520 km )
- Land
- 960 sq mi (2,500 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,439
- Density
- 21/sq mi (8.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 10th
- Website
- www .co .colorado .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Colorado River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Columbus
- Capital
- Columbus
- Population
- 20557
- Area
- 2521
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Lavaca County
- Official website
- www.co.colorado.tx.us
- Image
- Colorado county courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7442
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- Commons category
- Colorado County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Colorado County, Texas
- inception
- 1836-01-16
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Colorado County
- different from
- Colorado City
- per capita income
- 28868
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Colorado County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Colorado County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,557. Its county seat is Columbus. It is named for the Colorado River of Texas. The county was founded in 1836 and organized the next year.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colorado County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.