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Key facts
- Country
- USA
- State
- Texas
- County
- Moore
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- Mayor
- Bob Brinkman
- Total
- 5.54 sq mi (14.36 km )
- Land
- 5.53 sq mi (14.31 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 3,648 ft (1,112 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 14,166
- Density
- 2,625/sq mi (1,013/km )
- Time zone
- UTC–6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-21556
- Website
- City Website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dumas (/ˈdjuːməs/ DEW-məs) is a city in and the county seat of Moore County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,501 at the 2020 census. Located approximately 40 miles north of Amarillo, the city is named for its founder, Louis Dumas (1856–1923). Dumas Avenue, the main thoroughfare, is also United States Highways 87 and 287.
Window on the Plains Museum, which offers exhibits on Moore County and the Texas Panhandle, is located on South Dumas Avenue, the main thoroughfare. Dumas is home to Moore County Airport, a general-aviation airport two miles west of the central business district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dumas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.