Lubbock County
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Lubbock County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is an important agricultural and population center in the South Plains region of the state.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Thomas Saltus Lubbock
- Seat
- Lubbock
- Largest city
- Lubbock
- Total
- 901 sq mi (2,330 km )
- Land
- 896 sq mi (2,320 km )
- Water
- 5.1 sq mi (13 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 328,906
- Density
- 347/sq mi (134/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 19th
Article
The first Lubbock County Courthouse was used from 1891 to 1916. The second Lubbock County Courthouse remained open until 1968, though a third courthouse had been built in 1950.
Lubbock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 census placed the population at 310,639. Its county seat and largest city is Lubbock. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891. It is named for Thomas Saltus Lubbock, a Confederate colonel and Texas Ranger (some sources give his first name as Thompson).