Sanderson
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census-designated place in and county seat of Terrell County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Terrell
- Total
- 4.2 sq mi (10.8 km )
- Land
- 4.2 sq mi (10.8 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.0 km )
- Elevation
- 2,868 ft (874 m)
- Density
- 159/sq mi (61.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-65084
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Sanderson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Terrell County
- Population
- 664
- Area
- 10.856319
- Elevation
- 850
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Terrell County
- Image
- Hiking in Sanderson - Water Tower.jpg
- Households
- 312
- Dialing code
- 432
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- postal code
- 79848
- Commons category
- Sanderson, Texas
- native label
- Sanderson
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 23976
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Sanderson is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Terrell County, Texas, United States. Its population was 664 at the 2020 census. Sanderson was created in 1882 as a part of neighboring Pecos County. It became the seat of Terrell County in 1905.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanderson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.