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Ward County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Thomas W. Ward
- Seat
- Monahans
- Largest city
- Monahans
- Total
- 836 sq mi (2,170 km )
- Land
- 836 sq mi (2,170 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,125
- Density
- 13.9/sq mi (5.38/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 23rd
- Website
- www .co .ward .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Monahans
- Capital
- Monahans
- Population
- 11644
- Area
- 2165
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Loving County
- Official website
- www.co.ward.tx.us
- Image
- Ward county courthouse 2009.jpg
- Households
- 4100
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- Commons category
- Ward County, Texas
- inception
- 1887-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Ward County, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ward County, Texas
- different from
- Ward County
- water as percent of area
- 0.03
- native label
- Ward County
- per capita income
- 26209
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Encyclopedic overview
Ward County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,644. The county seat is Monahans. The county was created in 1887 and organized in 1892. It is named for Thomas W. Ward, a soldier in the Texas Revolution.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ward County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.