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Potter County
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county in Texas, United States
Potter County is a county located in the Texas Panhandle in the northern part of the state. It is home to Amarillo, the region's largest city, and serves as an important economic and cultural center for the Texas Panhandle.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Robert Potter
- Seat
- Amarillo
- Largest city
- Amarillo
- Total
- 922 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Land
- 908 sq mi (2,350 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 114,453
- Density
- 130/sq mi (50/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 13th
- Website
- www .co .potter .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 118525
- Area
- 2388
- Official website
- www.co.potter.tx.us
- Image
- Potter County District Courts Building - Amarillo Texas USA.jpg
- Households
- 43957
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- Commons category
- Potter County, Texas
- inception
- 1887-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Potter County
- per capita income
- 23245
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Potter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 118,525. Its county seat is Amarillo. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1887. It is named for Robert Potter, a politician and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Texas Secretary of the Navy. Potter County is included in the Amarillo metropolitan area.
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