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Upshur County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Abel P. Upshur
- Seat
- Gilmer
- Largest city
- Gladewater
- Total
- 593 sq mi (1,540 km )
- Land
- 583 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Water
- 9.7 sq mi (25 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 44,410
- Density
- 70.1/sq mi (27.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 5th
- Website
- www .countyofupshur .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Abel P. Upshur
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Gilmer
- Capital
- Gilmer
- Population
- 40892
- Area
- 1535
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Wood County
- Official website
- www.countyofupshur.com
- Image
- UPSHERCO.JPG
- Households
- 14392
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- Commons category
- Upshur County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Upshur County, Texas
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- different from
- Upshur County
- water as percent of area
- 1.6
- native label
- Upshur County
- per capita income
- 26648
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Upshur County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Upshur County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 40,892. The county seat is Gilmer. The county is named for Abel P. Upshur, who was U.S. secretary of state during President John Tyler's administration.
Upshur County is part of the Longview, Texas metropolitan statistical area, and the Longview–Marshall, combined statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Upshur County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.