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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Hockley
- Region
- Llano Estacado
- Total
- 10.21 sq mi (26.45 km )
- Land
- 10.21 sq mi (26.44 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 3,520 ft (1,070 m)
- Density
- 1,239.4/sq mi (478.52/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Zip code
- 79336, 79338
- Fips code
- 48-42448
- Website
- www .levellandtexas .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Levelland
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hockley County
- Population
- 12652
- Area
- 26.34
- Elevation
- 1073
- Capital of
- Hockley County
- Official website
- www.ci.levelland.tx.us
- Image
- Levelland Texas grain elevator 2011.jpg
- Households
- 4880
- Dialing code
- 806
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- postal code
- 79338
- inception
- 1921-01-01
- Commons category
- Levelland, Texas
- P8168
- Ireen Wüst
- per capita income
- 23552
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Encyclopedic overview
Levelland is a city in and the county seat of Hockley County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,652, down from 13,542 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Llano Estacado, 30 miles (48 km) west of Lubbock. Major industries include cotton farming and petroleum production. It is the home of South Plains College. Levelland was so named on account of the flat land at the town site.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Levelland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.