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Winkler County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Clinton McKamy Winkler
- Seat
- Kermit
- Largest city
- Kermit
- Total
- 841 sq mi (2,180 km )
- Land
- 841 sq mi (2,180 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.02%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,540
- Density
- 9.3/sq mi (3.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 23rd
- Website
- www .co .winkler .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Kermit
- Capital
- Kermit
- Population
- 7791
- Area
- 2178
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Ector County
- Official website
- www.co.winkler.tx.us
- Image
- Winkler County Courthouse 1910.jpg
- Households
- 2618
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- water as percent of area
- 0.02
- native label
- Winkler County
- Commons category
- Winkler County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Winkler County, Texas
- inception
- 1887-02-26
- per capita income
- 25141
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Winkler County, Texas
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Winkler County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,791. Its county seat is Kermit. The county was created in 1887 and organized in 1910. It is named for Clinton McKamy Winkler, a colonel in the Confederate Army.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winkler County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.