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Yoakum County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Seat
- Plains
- Largest town
- Denver City
- Total
- 800 sq mi (2,100 km )
- Land
- 800 sq mi (2,100 km )
- Water
- 0.01 sq mi (0.026 km ) 0%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,438
- Density
- 9.6/sq mi (3.7/km )
- Congressional district
- 19th
- Website
- www .co .yoakum .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Yoakum County is a county located in the western Panhandle portion of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,694. Its county seat is Plains. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1907. It is named for Henderson King Yoakum, a Texas historian.
Until the passage of a liquor sales referendum held on May 11, 2013, Yoakum had been one of 19 remaining prohibition or entirely dry counties within Texas. Voters in Denver City also approved a separate referendum to permit liquor sales within that community.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yoakum County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.