Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Palo Pinto Creek
- Seat
- Palo Pinto
- Largest city
- Mineral Wells
- Total
- 986 sq mi (2,550 km )
- Land
- 952 sq mi (2,470 km )
- Water
- 34 sq mi (88 km ) 3.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 30,791
- Density
- 29.8/sq mi (11.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
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Palo Pinto County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 28,409. The county seat is Palo Pinto. The county was created in 1856 and organized the following year.
Palo Pinto County comprises the Mineral Wells micropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth combined statistical area. It is located in the western Cross Timbers ecoregion.