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Jim Wells County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It matters as part of Texas's local government structure, serving as an administrative division that provides services and governance to its residents.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- James Babbage Wells Jr.
- Seat
- Alice
- Largest city
- Alice
- Total
- 868 sq mi (2,250 km )
- Land
- 865 sq mi (2,240 km )
- Water
- 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,804
- Density
- 45.0/sq mi (17.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
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Jim Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 38,891. Its county seat is Alice. The county was founded in 1911 and is named for James B. Wells Jr. (1850–1923), for three decades a judge and Democratic Party political boss in South Texas.
Jim Wells County comprises the Alice, Texas micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice combined statistical area.