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Hockley County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- George Washington Hockley
- Seat
- Levelland
- Largest city
- Levelland
- Total
- 909 sq mi (2,350 km )
- Land
- 908 sq mi (2,350 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.02%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,600
- Density
- 23.7/sq mi (9.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 19th
- Website
- www .co .hockley .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Levelland
- Capital
- Levelland
- Population
- 21537
- Area
- 2353
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Lynn County
- Official website
- www.co.hockley.tx.us
- Image
- Yellow House Ranch, Hockley County, Texas, 2011.jpg
- Households
- 8071
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- Commons category
- Hockley County, Texas
- inception
- 1876-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Hockley County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 0.02
- native label
- Hockley County
- per capita income
- 24816
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hockley County, Texas
- topic has template
- Template:Hockley County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Hockley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 21,537. Its county seat is Levelland. The county was created in 1876, but not organized until 1921. It is named for George Washington Hockley, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas.
Hockley County comprises the Levelland micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Lubbock–Levelland combined statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hockley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.