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Shackelford County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Jack Shackelford
- Seat
- Albany
- Largest city
- Albany
- Total
- 916 sq mi (2,370 km )
- Land
- 914 sq mi (2,370 km )
- Water
- 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,197
- Density
- 3.40/sq mi (1.31/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 19th
- Website
- www .shackelfordcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Albany
- Capital
- Albany
- Population
- 3105
- Area
- 2371
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Haskell County
- Official website
- www.shackelfordcounty.org
- Image
- Shackelford County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 1367
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- topic's main category
- Category:Shackelford County, Texas
- Commons category
- Shackelford County, Texas
- inception
- 1874-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Shackelford County
- per capita income
- 27822
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Shackelford County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Dr. Jack Shackelford, namesake of Shackelford County
Shackelford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,105. Its county seat is Albany. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1874. Shackelford is named for Dr. Jack Shackelford, a Virginia physician who equipped soldiers at his own expense to fight in the Texas Revolution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shackelford County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.