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Wichita County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Founded
- February 1, 1882
- Seat
- Wichita Falls
- Largest city
- Wichita Falls
- Total
- 633 sq mi (1,640 km )
- Land
- 628 sq mi (1,630 km )
- Water
- 5.3 sq mi (14 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 129,555
- Density
- 206/sq mi (79.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 13th
- Website
- wichitacountytx .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Wichita people
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Wichita Falls
- Capital
- Wichita Falls
- Population
- 129350
- Area
- 1639
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Baylor County
- Official website
- wichitacountytx.com
- Image
- Wichita County, TX, Courthouse IMG 6884.JPG
- Households
- 48538
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- Commons category
- Wichita County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Wichita County, Texas
- different from
- Wichita County
- inception
- 1858-02-01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Wichita County, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wichita County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Wichita County
- per capita income
- 25568
- IPA transcription
- ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː
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Encyclopedic overview
Wichita County (/ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː/ WITCH-ih-taw) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 129,350. The county seat is Wichita Falls. The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1882. Wichita County is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas, TX metropolitan statistical area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wichita County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.