Quitman
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city in Wood County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Wood
- Named after
- John A. Quitman
- Type
- Mayor–council government
- Total
- 1.886 sq mi (4.885 km )
- Land
- 1.877 sq mi (4.862 km )
- Water
- 0.0089 sq mi (0.023 km )
- Elevation
- 400 ft (120 m)
- Density
- 1,035/sq mi (399.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−05:00 ( CDT )
- Area codes
- 903 , 430
- Fips code
- 48-60188
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Quitman
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wood County
- Population
- 1942
- Area
- 4.884862
- Elevation
- 126
- Capital of
- Wood County
- Image
- Quitman, Texas Town Square.jpg
- Households
- 824
- Dialing code
- 903
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- Commons category
- Quitman, Texas
- postal code
- 75783
- inception
- 1850-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.4725
- per capita income
- 23049
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Quitman is a city and the county seat of Wood County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,942 at the 2020 census. The city was named for John A. Quitman, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, and once governor of Mississippi.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quitman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.