Scurry County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- William Read Scurry
- Seat
- Snyder
- Largest city
- Snyder
- Total
- 908 sq mi (2,350 km )
- Land
- 905 sq mi (2,340 km )
- Water
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,162
- Density
- 18.7/sq mi (7.22/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 19th
- Website
- www .co .scurry .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Scurry County marker
Scurry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,932. Its county seat is Snyder, which is the home for Western Texas College. Scurry County is named for Confederate General William Scurry. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1884. Scurry County was one of 46 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas, until a 2006 election approved the sale of beer and wine in Snyder, and a 2008 election approved the sale of liquor by the drink throughout the county.