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Crockett County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Davy Crockett
- Seat
- Ozona
- Largest community
- Ozona
- Total
- 2,807 sq mi (7,270 km )
- Land
- 2,807 sq mi (7,270 km )
- Water
- 0.02 sq mi (0.052 km ) 0.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,769
- Density
- 1.104/sq mi (0.4261/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 23rd
- Website
- www .co .crockett .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Crockett County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,098. The county seat is Ozona. The county was founded in 1875 and later organized in 1891. It is named in honor of Davy Crockett, the frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crockett County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.