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Hopkins County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Seat
- Sulphur Springs
- Largest city
- Sulphur Springs
- Total
- 793 sq mi (2,050 km )
- Land
- 767 sq mi (1,990 km )
- Water
- 26 sq mi (67 km ) 3.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 39,063
- Density
- 48.0/sq mi (18.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .hopkinscountytx .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Sulphur Springs
- Capital
- Sulphur Springs
- Population
- 36787
- Area
- 2053
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Wood County
- Official website
- www.hopkinscountytx.org
- Image
- Sulphur Springs June 2015 02 (Hopkins County Courthouse).jpg
- Households
- 13514
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- water as percent of area
- 3.2
- native label
- Hopkins County
- Commons category
- Hopkins County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Hopkins County, Texas
- inception
- 1849-00-00
- different from
- Hopkins County
- per capita income
- 26915
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hopkins County, Texas
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hopkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 36,787. Its county seat is Sulphur Springs. Hopkins County is named for the family of David Hopkins, an early settler in the area. Hopkins County comprises the Sulphur Springs, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area. Hopkins County was once known as the Dairy Capital of Texas. Although dairy farms declined in the area in the late 1990s there are still a number of these located there. The Southwest Dairy Museum is located in Sulphur Springs.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hopkins County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.